White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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The decision means a break with the previous administration, like the previous one President Trump
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“We are doing everything we can to speed up payments and not delay payments, which is why the name of the president will not appear on the memo line of this round of [stimulus] controls, ”Psaki told reporters during an afternoon briefing. “The checks are signed by a professional officer at the Bureau of Fiscal Service. This will not pass [Biden]This is about getting relief for the American people. “
Psaki said the president did not consider it “necessary” to have his name printed on the checks.
“He wanted to get them out as soon as possible,” said Psaki.
Trump’s name was printed on tens of millions of checks sent to Americans under his rule, an unprecedented step. Biden’s White House returns to common practice of having a career associate sign payments issued by the Treasury Department.
The Washington Post reported last year that the former president had proposed privately to the then Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin
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The House is set to pass Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus fight proposal Wednesday and send it to the president’s office for signature. The bill includes funding for $ 1,400 payments for Americans earning up to $ 75,000, householders earning up to $ 112,500, and married couples earning up to $ 150,000 together.
The White House expects many Americans to receive payments by the end of the month.