Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar said President Trump’s call to change the COVID-19 relief law meant Congress on Monday passed an “attack on every American.”
The president said in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday that the bill should be changed to include $ 2,000 in direct payments to all Americans instead of $ 600, which the legislation currently provides.
“This is an attack on every American – people now struggling to make ends meet, out of work. … Unemployment will actually end the day after Christmas if this doesn’t pass,” Klobuchar said on MSNBC’s Tuesday. Show. “
She said the legislation includes $ 30 billion for vaccine distribution and more than $ 300 billion for small business assistance, adding that the president’s calls to change the legislation “literally cover our entire effort in the field. testing and distribution of vaccines “and” small businesses can’t. Don’t take it anymore. “
Democrats are pushing for more money for individual payments, but in the end this was a negotiation, and [Trump] know very well, we are reaching the end here with our unemployment. Small businesses can no longer take it, ”she said.
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House Democrats have the option of overriding a veto by the president if he tries to enforce the amendment and reject proposed $ 900 billion legislation.
“He shouldn’t be doing this right now when his own Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin, was involved in the negotiations from start to finish,” said the Minnesota senator. “He’s literally trying to burn this country down on the way out.”
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Klobuchar added that Democrats “need to make it very clear” ahead of the Georgia Senate run-off races in January, “which party has the people’s back.”
The senator’s comments come after other progressive Democrats have spoken out in favor of Trump’s call for more funding for direct payments.
The proposed deal also includes $ 300 a week in federal unemployment assistance for 11 weeks, $ 325 billion in small business assistance, $ 25 billion in rental assistance, and $ 45 billion in rental assistance.