10 Senate Democrats tell Biden to implement recurring stimulus checks after $1.9 trillion bill is passed

• Ten US senators are calling for President Joe Biden to support regular direct payments.

• It would be a big change, as past rounds of relief payments have been negotiated one by one.

• The proposal is likely to face opposition from Democratic moderates and the GOP.

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A group of senior Democrats are calling for President Joe Biden to support regular direct payments to low-income Americans while the US economy recovers from the pandemic.

Insider obtained a copy of the letter that's being sent to the White House, led by Democrats chairing key economic committees in the Senate. They are urging the Biden administration to prioritize putting federal aid on autopilot for stimulus payments and unemployment insurance, a concept known as automatic stabilizers.

They want the measure to form part of a follow-up economic recovery package.

These Senate Democrats say setting up stabilizers for stimulus checks and unemployment assistance would be effective at providing immediate relief during economic downturns. In calling for the measure, they wrote: "This crisis is far from over, and families deserve certainty that they can put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads."

"Families should not be at the mercy of constantly-shifting legislative timelines and ad hoc solutions," they said.

Key signatories include Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, chair of the Senate Finance Committee; Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Budget Committee; and Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, chair of the Senate Banking Committee.