Leader of the majority of the Senate Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell GOP Senator Says He Will Block Permission For, 000 Stimulus Checks Intercept DC Office Chief: McConnell Was ‘Pretty Okay’ Losing Trump’s Re-election Trump Targets Congressional Republicans on Multiple fronts MORE (R-Ky.) Wednesday tore a House-passed proposal to increase the number of stimulus vouchers from $ 600 to $ 2,000, indicating it will not pass the Senate.
McConnell’s comments underscore that Congress is unlikely to get a proposal to increase stimulus controls President Trump
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The House passed a bill on Monday to increase the amount of the stimulus vouchers in a recent $ 2.3 trillion package, but McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not pass a standalone bill for checks.
The Senate will not split up the three issues that President Trump has linked together just because Democrats are afraid to tackle two. The Senate will not be bullied into putting more borrowed money in the hands of wealthy friends of the Democrats who don’t need the help, ”McConnell said from the Senate.
McConnell argued that the bill passed by the House “is inconsistent with what President Trump has proposed” and “does not have a realistic way of quickly passing the Senate.”
McConnell and Sen. Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey Government Used Patriot Act To Collect Website Visitor Logs In 2019 Appeals Court Rules NSA’s Bulk Phone Data Collection Illegal Dunford Withdraws From Consideration To Chair Coronavirus Monitoring Panel MORE (R-Pa.) On Wednesday blocked the bill on the Senate floor. McConnell also blocked it twice on Tuesday.
Instead, the GOP leader points to a competing bill he filed on Tuesday that links a $ 600 boost in incentive controls with a repeal of a liability shield used by tech companies and a committee to review the 2020 election.
To make sure the president was comfortable signing the bill, the senate promised to initiate a process that would combine three of the president’s priorities … Three of the president’s priorities into one senate process McConnell said.
Trump said in his statement on the signing of the $ 2.3 deal, which included $ 900 billion for coronavirus control, that the Senate would “initiate the process for a vote that increases the checks to $ 2,000, rescind Section 230 and an investigation. start to voter fraud “.
But that bill, Democrats argue, cannot pass the Senate because it would crate the support of the Democrats, who have said they would unanimously support the bill passed by the house.
“At the very least, the Senate deserves the chance to raise or lower a vote on increasing individual payments to the American people,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer
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And if the Senate passes a bill in addition to the language the House has already passed, it would require the legislation to be returned to the House and passed. The house will be out of town until Sunday, when the 117th convention begins.
If Congress misses the noon deadline on Sunday, it will have to start over.
“There’s no other game in town besides the house bill,” said Schumer. “Any amendment to the bill cannot become law until after this Congress ends. It’s a way to kill, to kill the bill.”
Updated at 4:03 PM