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(WJW/AP) – United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that although Congress is currently weighing the possibility of sending the American people more money due to tariffs, those checks wouldn’t be coming anytime soon.

During an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday, Bessent said the revenue from import tariffs will first be put toward the U.S. national debt.

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government planned to issue stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets. But Congress has not passed legislation to authorize such payments, and, according to the IRS, no new stimulus or rebate checks will be distributed in the coming weeks.

The claim is that the Internal Revenue Service and the Tr

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