Economics

Trump’s April 6 Deadline for Virus Stimulus Checks Could Be Hard to Meet

  • Schumer says Trump wants payments to go out within two weeks
  • It has historically taken IRS two months to send stimulus cash
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President Donald Trump wants to send cash payments to households in less than two weeks, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday, but former IRS officials warn that deadline could be hard to meet.

The payments are one of the central provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package awaiting a Senate vote.