<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/6020385567d1e300113c4b3c-1024/GettyImages-1187707132.jpg" border="0" alt="neal pelosi" data-mce-source="Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/speaker-of-the-house-nancy-pelosi-d-calif-ways-and-means-news-photo/1187707132'adppopup=true"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>House Democrats released <a href="https://waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/7.%20Tax.pdf">a stimulus plan</a> to maintain the income limit for stimulus checks at $75,000 for individual taxpayers and $150,000 for couples, dismissing an attempt from some Senate Democrats to sharply limit who can receive a direct payment.</p><p>Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, put forward the proposal. It may still undergo more changes as committees start fashioning the Biden rescue plan into legislation over the next two weeks.</p><p>"Our nation is struggling, the virus is still not contained, and the American people are counting on Congress to meet this moment with bold, immediate action," Neal said in a statement.</p><p>The proposal would tighten eligibility for individual taxpayers making more than $75,000 with a quicker phase-out. Joint taxpayers earning $150,000 are eligible for direct payments, and it's capped for those making $200,000.</p><p>But it's a sign that momentum is gathering behind Democrats pressing to keep the existing income thresholds that President Joe Biden laid out in his $1.9 trillion relief package. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, became the latest Democratic senator to express support for the move <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/warnock-biden-stimulus-check-congress-democrats-relief-2021-2">in an interview with Insider.</a></p><p>"I think people making $75,000 in Georgia are struggling in many instances," he said, and added he was committed to pushing for "a robust package."</p><p>The plan includes the $1,400 checksa key component of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus planto bolster the initial $600 direct payments previously approved by Congress in December.</p><p>The news comes after GOP lawmakers and some moderate Democrats pushed for a plan setting the eligibility threshold at $50,000, which could <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-gop-relief-plan-29-million-families-check-biden-plan-2021-2">exclude at least 29 million families</a>. For couples, the payments would begin to phase out for couples earning more than $100,000.</p><p><em><strong>Read more: </strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-stop-hiding-secrets-from-us-now-biden-charge-sources-2021-2">European spies can stop holding back secrets from the US after Biden called for end to Trump's briefings, sources say</a></em></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-gop-relief-plan-29-million-families-check-biden-plan-2021-2" >Some GOP senators want a $50,000 income cutoff for a fresh wave of stimulus checks. That may exclude at least 29 million families who would get one under the Biden relief plan.</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-checks-house-democrats-biden-income-threshold-2021-2#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/melissa-maker-clean-your-home-quickly-cleaning-expert-2017-4">A cleaning expert reveals her 3-step method for cleaning your entire home quickly</a></p>
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