Graham: Trump ‘more determined than ever’ to get bigger stimulus payments

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Her. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin Graham Relief bill in Trump limbo arrives at Mar-a-Lago Ossoff, Warnock every rake in over 0 million Meghan McCain says Merry Christmas to everyone except ‘healthy people under 65’ getting vaccine for frontline workers MORE (RS.C.) said Friday night after part of the day with President TrumpDonald Trump Millions Will Lose Jobless Benefits Amid Trump Standoff With Congress The Memo: Could Pence Run And Win In 2024? Flights from Nashville have been halted due to telecommunications problems related to RV blast MORE that the president is “more determined than ever” to stick to his demand for larger stimulus payments to Americans than approved by Congress in a law passed this week.

Graham’s comments come as Trump and Congress are at an impasse over the size of payments to millions of Americans as part of the latest COVID-19 bill, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation that criticized Trump and not. has signed. in doubt.

“After spending some time with President @realDonaldTrump today, I am convinced that he is more determined than ever to increase stimulus payments to $ 2000 per person and challenge the protection of major technical liability under Section 230,” Graham tweeted on fridaynight.

Both are reasonable demands, and I hope Congress will listen. The biggest winner would be the American people, ”he added.

Graham, a top Trump ally in Congress, weighed in after spending time golf with the president at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. The president will stay at his nearby Mar-a-Lago resort during the holidays.

The $ 2.3 trillion in government funding and coronavirus relief package arrived in Mar-a-Lago this week, although its fate is unclear. While he hasn’t threatened to veto the bill, the president hasn’t said whether he will sign it either.

Trump has been at odds with Congress this week over the latest coronavirus deal, with his surprising backlash against legislation that brought the latest emergency relief bill and government funding package into uncertainty.

The president has criticized the $ 900 billion COVID-19 deal, which came after months of slow negotiations between both sides and his government, by focusing on the size of payments made to Americans. He has called for $ 2,000 payments in place of the $ 600 payments approved by lawmakers, along with a number of other provisions to provide economic relief during the pandemic.

The coronavirus deal was passed along with a $ 1.4 trillion package to fund the federal government through October. Republicans have urged Trump to sign the legislation, with unemployment benefits expiring on Saturday and threatening closure on Tuesday unless the president signs the bill or Congress passes a new measure and the president signs it.

The president said in tweets on Christmas Day and Saturday that he is still pushing for larger payments for Americans.

Many calls and meetings at Trump International in Palm Beach, Florida. Why wouldn’t politicians want to give people $ 2000 instead of just $ 600? It wasn’t their fault, it was China. Give our people the money! he tweeted earlier Friday.

“I just want to [sic] to get our amazing people $ 2,000 instead of $ 600. Also, Congress should cut the ‘pork’, he added tweet Saturday.

Trump has separately criticized an annual defense policy law, to which Graham refers, and vetoed the legislation this week. The president condemned the National Defense Authorization Act 2021 for failing to repeal a major liability shield for social media companies known as Section 230.

Congress will hold an unusual holiday session over the next week to vote to potentially override the president’s veto on the giant defense bill passed over the past 59 years. The bill authorizes special rewards and bonuses for troops, training programs, military projects and other operations.

Trump tweeted Saturday to reiterate his opposition to that bill as well.

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