# Stimulus Check Question: Biden says we will get $2000. Are we also still getting the $600? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939 "2021-01-07T17:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939/1 "2021-01-07T17:48:57Z")
Title kinda says it all. The current congress passed a bill to send us $600. Biden and the upcoming congress have said they will give us $2000. So, does that mean we will get $2,600? Or $600 + $1400? Or cancel the $600 and just get $2000? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939/2 "2021-01-07T17:55:36Z")
$600 + $1400. > **[Here’s how $2,000 stimulus checks would work, and who would qualify](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/30/stimulus-checks-2000-dollars/)** > > The phase-out structure that applied to the $600 checks is still the same. Because the check itself is larger, millions more people could receive at least some money. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939/3 "2021-01-07T17:57:08Z")
The bill that the House passed to increase the payout was for an additional $1400. What law they pass in this Congress may or may not be the same. Since it’s a new Congress, the old bill is dead; they have to start over and get it passed by both houses. So they could just repass the previous bill or do a new one. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939/4 "2021-01-08T00:14:52Z")
They can’t cancel the $600, because many of us already got it. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939/5 "2021-01-08T02:56:03Z")
Nobody knows yet. The new Congress could pass all sorts of things, including any of various amounts; and/or payments targeted differently than the previous stimulus payments; or nothing at all. I think ‘nothing at all’ is unlikely, but I also wouldn’t count on any specific payment getting to any specific people by any specific time. ETA: I daydream about Bernie’s 2K every month until covid’s gone away; but I don’t think that one’s very likely either.