@ozman1958 - you may be pleased to know Congress listened to you.... as for the new tax law that is about to be signed, according to the New York Times: (note the change is retroactive to the 1st stimulus payment. )
What if I’m a citizen married to someone who is not and uses an Employer Identification Number instead of a Social Security Number?
In the spring, that usually meant that neither of you was eligible for payments. Now, when two people are married and filing their taxes jointly and only one spouse has a Social Security number, they would be eligible for a single $600 payment. Each of their children with Social Security numbers would also be eligible for the $600.
This change would be retroactive, which means that you could use your 2020 tax return to claim the payment that you did not get in the spring.
