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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury could deliver a $5,000 dividend if Republicans retain Congress.
- Bessent told lawmakers funding can avoid increasing the deficit.
- President Donald Trump reiterated at a North Carolina rally on Sept. 16 that the dividend will happen.
- Trump said payments are possible because the country receives trillions in tariff revenue.
- Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said he hasn't seen the mechanism and worries $40 trillion debt would rise.