Kamala Harris Renews Call for $2,000 per Month Stimulus Check

Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) attends a health care roundtable at the Loft at the First United Methodist Church in Burlington, Iowa, on Aug. 12, 2019. Eric Thayer/Reters

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) renewed calls for a $2,000 per month stimulus check in the wake of economic damage caused by the CCP virus pandemic.

“The government should be here for the people in a moment of crisis,” Harris, a potential running mate for Joe Biden, told The Appeal. “People should be able to count on their government to see them and to create a safety net for them, so that these people don’t fall into poverty—or further into poverty—during the course of this pandemic.”

Last month, Harrs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) proposed a bill that would distribute the funds to people. They argued that the $1,200 checks that were sent out by the federal government starting in April, passed under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, weren’t enough.