In March, Congress approved stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person for every American citizen earning less than $75,000 per year as part of the Cares Act.
One senior administration official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss internal deliberations, said the White House may support a round of stimulus checks that is smaller than the initial package and targeted more directly toward lower-income Americans.
Even if the president formally backs the idea, it is not clear whether congressional Republicans will go along with the plan.
Congressional Republicans may be more likely to support another round of stimulus checks if it is paired with a substantial reduction to the $600-per-week increase in unemployment benefits approved by Congress in March, aides said.
Democrats have called for the stimulus checks to be bigger and criticized the original plan for not sending payments to undocumented immigrants.
