Dozens of congressional Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to offer up a fourth pandemic-related stimulus check and beyond, according to multiple reports. It comes after the third check -- $1,400 for most Americans -- was passed through a painstaking procedure that received zero Republican support.

Yahoo! Finance reports 50 Democratic members of the House and 11 Democratic senators have signed letters urging Biden to push for recurring payments to Americans as long as the pandemic continues. Fox News and Newsweek report the number of senators was 21 and called for the administration to automatically extend unemployment insurance benefits.

The signatories included the chairs of the Finance and Budget committees.

"Unemployment insurance has replaced lost income for millions who have lost their jobs. But millions of others do not qualify for unemployment insurance after seeing their hours reduced, switching to lower-paying jobs, or temporarily leaving the workforce to care for family members during the pandemic," the letter, obtained by Fox News, reads.

This is not the first time the idea of recurring payments has been floated. Following the 2020 CARES Act and its $1,200 stimulus checks, there were calls for $2,000 recurring payments by both senators and economists -- a call that has been repeated in the months since.

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