Republican senator Pat Toomey
Patrick (Pat) Joseph Toomey The government used the Patriot Act to gather records of website visitors in 2019 The appeals court rules that the massive collection of phone data from the illegal NSA Dunford is removed from consideration to chair the MORE coronavirus monitoring panel (Pa.) On Tuesday evening he announced that he would oppose a request to quickly pass legislation passed by the House to increase the number of direct stimulus checks to $ 2,000.
Toomey is one of several Republican senators who would oppose this request, including Sens. Ron Johnson
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“Congress should continue to help workers who have lost their jobs. But blindly borrowing more than $ 600 billion to be able to send $ 2,000 checks to millions of people who have lost no income is a terrible policy. I will not consent to a vote on this, “Toomey tweeted on Tuesday evening.
Congress should continue to help workers who have lost their jobs. But blindly borrowing more than $ 600 billion to be able to send $ 2,000 checks to millions of people who have lost no income is a terrible policy. I will not consent to a vote on this. https://t.co/hCOlgcFPnq
– Senator Pat Toomey (@SenToomey) December 29, 2020
Toomey announced that he will retire from Congress in late 2022 and has no plans to run for political office again.
His statement shows that the leader of the Senate majority Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch), Mitchell McConnell, Sanders will delay NDAA veto to try to vote on K Schumer check proposal to try to approve K stimulus check bill Tuesday Rubio supports Trump’s push for 000 direct payments MORE (R-Ky.) It is not the only obstacle to passing legislation passed by the House on Monday to increase the size of direct stimulus controls from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
In an interview with CNN Jake Tapper
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“We’re talking about sending checks, the vast majority of which will go to people who haven’t had any loss of income,” he said. “How and why does this make sense?”
Toomey said it would increase the total cost of stimulus controls to two-thirds of $ 1 trillion.
He said sending $ 1,200 stimulus checks to the CARES Act in March was “doubtful,” but defensible because the economy was on the brink of collapse, a danger that has since dwindled. .
Democrats have tried to portray McConnell as the main obstacle, but even if the Republican Party leader agreed to an immediate vote on legislation that would increase the size of stimulus controls, the leader of the minority in the Senate Charles Schumer
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“There will be no voting,” said a Senate Republican Party aide, who said senators general would throw procedural hurdles to keep the bill passed by the House as long as possible.
“There would be an objection from Toomey to consider it, and we’ve already had objections from Johnson. You can expect an objection from Paul. It’s ridiculous for Democrats to suggest that, by consent, we vote on a $ 500 billion bill that sends $ 2,000 checks to children, which sends $ 2,000 to people who died this year and $ 2,000 checks to people who lost no income. ” added.
Schumer tried on Tuesday to increase pressure on McConnell by urging him to immediately schedule a vote on legislation passed by the House to provide $ 2,000 stimulus controls.
“As we all know, the majority leader controls the schedule in the room, so McConnell is the key to unlocking that dilemma,” he said.
The House approved the measure by a vote of 275 to 134 with the support of 44 Republicans.
The Republican Party leader on Tuesday opposed Schumer’s request for unanimous consent to proceed immediately with the House bill to increase stimulus controls to $ 2,000 per person.
Instead, McConnell said the Senate “will begin a process” to increase direct financial support for U.S. households, as well as review the liability protection enjoyed by “Big Tech” social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and explore additional safeguards against fraudulent elections President Trump
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McConnell later released a proposal Tuesday to increase stimulus controls to $ 2,000, repeal section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and create an 18-member bipartisan advisory committee to “study integrity and administration ”Of the 2020 election, which Trump has stated without evidence was distorted by fraud.
On Tuesday, Toomey expressed concern about the repeal of liability protections for social media platforms, which could be a blessing for plaintiffs’ attorneys.
“The idea that Article 230 should be repealed … I think it’s an important and complicated issue. This legal liability protection that we granted years ago to these Internet companies really allowed for spectacular growth in a new industry. which has done so much for our economy, ”he told CNN.
“Is it being abused in some cases? I think it is, in fact, “he said of protecting Article 230 for technology companies.” But I don’t think you’ll ever decide to throw it all away. I think we need to think about the unintended consequences of that “.
Updated at 7:20 p.m.