Efforts to send eligible Americans a $2,000 second stimulus check are effectively dead…for now. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) refused to allow a vote in the Senate on the House ...

However, more money may be on the way. In a statement released before the stimulus bill was signed, the president said "the House will vote to increase payments to individuals from $600 to $2,000 ...

The vote is of particular interest to China, where Beijing is this week meeting to hammer out an economic stimulus. The concrete measures are expected to be announced Friday, allowing time for ...