The $ 2.3 trillion government funding package and congressional aid approved by Congress have arrived President Trump
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A source familiar with the situation confirmed to The Hill that the bill has arrived in Mar-a-Lago, where the president is staying for holidays.
The package faces an uncertain fate after Trump approved the bill this week after months of back-and-forth talks with Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
Trump hasn’t actually threatened to veto the package, though he hasn’t said he will sign it either. Some Republicans including the senator. Roy Blunt
Roy Dean Blunt: Trump’s Bill Sent to Florida The last few weeks of Trump have created chaos for the Democratic Republic of Congo senator who warns that controls cannot pass, and urges Trump to sign a agreement COVID MORE (Mo) have urged him to sign the package to prevent a government shutdown and the cessation of unemployment benefits.
“The best way out of that is for the president to sign the bill,” Blunt, a member of the Senate GOP leadership, said Thursday.
Unemployment benefits will expire Saturday if they are not renewed, while the government shutdown would begin Tuesday without the president’s actions or approval of a new bill by Congress, which Trump should also sign before Tuesday.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on whether Trump plans to sign or veto the bill.
Congress passed legislation earlier this week that includes a $ 900 billion COVID-19 relief measure and a $ 1.4 trillion bus to fund the government through October.
Provisions in the aid portion of the package include stimulus checks of up to $ 600 per adult and per child, an extension of two coronavirus-era unemployment programs, and the addition of $ 300 to all weekly unemployment benefits and $ 284 billion for small businesses through the Payment Check Protection Program (PPP).
The president specifically asked Congress to raise the amount of stimulus checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000. Democrats in the House offered legislation Thursday to do so, but it was blocked by Republicans.
Trump also took advantage of provisions for spending, such as $ 85.5 million for assistance in Cambodia and $ 40 million for the Kennedy Center in Washington, which were included on the bus and signed by his administration and Republicans. .
His decision to announce his sudden opposition surprised members of both parties.
His. Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin GrahamOssoff, Warnock, every $ 0 million rake, Meghan McCain says “Merry Christmas to everyone except” healthy people under 65 “get vaccinated before Republican front-line workers are fired to prevent the end-of-year legislative disaster MORE (RS.C.), one of Trump’s top allies in Congress, was seen playing golf with the president in Florida on Friday by a pool reporter, although it was not immediately known if they were discussing the package.