The U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence announced recently that the White House is still firm to send a second round of stimulus payments even if Congress failed.

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U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S.

Sending the second round of stimulus payments is still the top priority of the White House. Vice President Mike Pence made this clear recently. He also said that Pres. Trump desires to send financial aids to millions of Americans to meet their daily needs and expenses. 

Pence said that the White House's position remains the same, and they will make sure to reach the agreement before the government operations shut down this October. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is set to introduce the details of the new stimulus bill next week. 

Vice President Mike Pence also confirmed on Friday through CNBC that the White House assures that millions of Americans suffering from the global pandemic will receive their second stimulus payments even though Congress has so far failed to draft the bill. 

Pence said, "He [President Trump] said that we are going to spare no expense to help families and businesses, large and small, to weather the coronavirus pandemic. Nobody wants to give direct payments to American families more than President Donald Trump again."

He also added We sent those checks to American families; it helped people through this tough time, we want to continue the Payment Protection Program. What we've made clear is that we're not going to allow Democrats in Congress to use a coronavirus relief bill to bail out poorly run Democratic states."

It can be remembered that before the first round of stimulus payments expired under the CARES Act, Pres. Trump urged Congress to act. However, Congress failed to do their job and has led Pres. Trump signed and issued an executive order that extended the unemployment claims. 

Now, the same message the White House is conveying to the Congress. Pres. Trump could divert some unspent budget for another round of stimulus payments if Congress does not deliberate on the new stimulus bill. 

Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Secretary testified before the Congress subcommittee panel and expressed the need to have a new relief aid. He also said that Pres. Trump supports the next relief aid and will sign it as soon as it is on his table. 

Moreover, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin also explained during the panel hearing that Pres. Trump's power does not include federal spending, most especially on stimulus payments, but Congress has. For this reason, the White House is putting pressure on Congress, particularly to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

It can be remembered that Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected the offered stimulus bill of the White House and Republican lawmakers multiple times. In fact, the White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows tried to have a meeting with her, but an aid told Meadows that Pelosi was at a meeting. 

Days after, Meadows personally called Pelosi and offered a $1.3 trillion overall package for the net round of stimulus bill. However, it was the fifth time that Pelosi rejected the relief aid offer of the White House. 

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