On Monday night, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 275 to 134 to increase the second round of federal payments to Americans from $600 – a demand made by President Donald Trump recently as he threatened to veto larger stimulus plans. VOTE TALL: Click here to find out how your House member voted about the stimulus check hike. On Monday, almost every House Democrat voted to increase direct checks to Americans. They were joined by 44 Republicans to meet the two-thirds threshold required for the resolution’s passage. The measure was defeated by 134 House members, including 130 Republicans. Two independents and twenty-one Republicans in the House did not vote. Trump had signed a $2.3 trillion relief package for coronavirus victims a day earlier. The president threatened a veto of that package for several days, demanding on social media over the weekend that Congress — the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate — increase direct payments from $600 to $2,000 per individual. The House passed Monday’s procedural resolution. It now goes to the Senate for a vote. Politico reports that the Senate is yet to decide whether or not they will take up the House’s proposal. This despite Trump’s claim Sunday night that he had reached an agreement with Republican leaders.