President Trump
Donald Trump: Trump to interrupt the trip to Florida and return to Washington on Thursday, Intel’s vice president said he could have started a government agency cyber attack earlier.The push to increase the amount of stimulus checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000 appears to be dead in the water in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump is stepping up petitions for Congress to increase the amount provided by a recently approved $ 2.3 trillion deal, an idea that quickly garnered support from Democratic leaders, some House Republicans and a growing number of Republicans in the Senate.
But a bill to increase checks has strong barriers (political, political, and procedural) that make it increasingly unlikely that lawmakers will get legislation in Trump’s office at noon on Sunday, the deadline for the current Congress.
Leader of the Senate majority Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch), Mitchell McConnell, voted in the test on overcoming Trump’s veto scheduled for Friday by Jeff Stein: The battle for K’s direct payments “puts tremendous pressure” on the Republican caucus Dow closes the record in the end-of-year concentration MORE (R-Ky.) He promised that the Senate would not pass an independent bill on checks, which would mean a mortality to the already rising possibility that the bill passed by the House would reach Congress without significant changes.
“The Senate will not divide the three issues that President Trump related just because Democrats are afraid to address two of them. The Senate will not be intimidated into throwing more money into the hands of wealthy Democratic friends who don’t need help.” , said McConnell.
The Republican Party leader argued that the bill passed by the House “does not conform to what President Trump has suggested” and “has no realistic way to pass the Senate quickly.”
His. 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 (R-Pa.) And McConnell blocked the House measure Wednesday, the second day in a row, facing setbacks. McConnell blocked the same legislation twice on Tuesday, when he was the Democratic Senate leader Charles Schumer
Chuck Schumer McConnell blocks vote on K checks, indicates new package New York Democratic Party chairman warns Ocasio-Cortez to challenge Schumer’s preview of Sunday’s shows: COVID-19 relief awaits Trump’s signature ; the government continues to deploy MORE (NY) tried to approve it and when the senator. Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Sanders ’former spokesman explains how House progressives can force a Medicare for All K-stimulus check bill blocked in the Senate for the second day. (I-Vt.) He tried to organize a vote.
McConnell has offered a competitive measure that would link increased controls with the removal of a legal shield for technology companies and the creation of a commission to examine the 2020 elections. But this proposal is seen as a principle for Democrats, stressing that the Republican Party leader’s bill can’t pass the Senate either.
“There is no other game in the city other than the House bill. … The house has been rejected during the year. Any amendment or addition, the House bill cannot become law before this Congress is over, ”Schumer said.
If the Senate approves anything other than the exact language of the House bill, the measure should be reclaimed by the Capitol and passed a second time by the House, where lawmakers have already left the city and are not expected to that the oath of the 117th Congress be returned by Sunday.
The stalemate, however, ensures that in the absence of an eleven-hour agreement, the Senate is unlikely to pass a proposal for checks before noon on Sunday. If Congress doesn’t act sooner, they’ll have to start all over again.
The Senate would already need an agreement just to get a check vote, because lawmakers are willing to debate the veto replacement of an unrelated defense bill until Saturday. Senators acknowledge that securing such an agreement is highly unlikely.
Asked if a check bill would not pass before Sunday’s deadline, the senator. John Cornyn
John Cornyn: The Senate is ready to overturn the veto on Trump’s defense bill. Push for 000 stimulus controls affecting Senate Juan Williams: the Republican Party’s problem with women of color MORE (R-Texas) said, “I think in the circumstances, I think that’s probably true.”
“They are not willing to consider any other piece, any other provision of the bill … and they want to spend the money on people who frankly have not suffered any financial loss during the pandemic,” he added.
Asked about the possible political upheaval against Republicans to prevent Americans from receiving additional money, Cornyn added, “After spending $ 4 trillion? No, not in any normal world.”
His. John Thune
John Randolph ThuneHawley Challenges Electoral College Results in Senate Senate Ready to Override Trump’s Defense Bill Veto Trump targets Republican Congress on multiple fronts MORE (RS.D.), McConnell’s No. 2, added that it was difficult to see how the Senate could finish the job with a check proposal without an agreement, which he acknowledged was unlikely.
“The Dems will not give it to us [Section] 230 and I think it is probably difficult for us to get the consent of the controls, “he said.
The misguidance of the bipartisan push to increase the amount of dollars for direct payments comes as the debate has sparked deep divisions among Republicans in the Senate, highlighting the difficulty fans have faced in making get a bill at Trump’s table.
A handful of Senate Republicans have given their support behind the idea, including Sens. Kelly Loeffler
Kelly LoefflerOssoff closes Loeffler’s criticism of Warnock: “He’s been campaigning with a Klansman” Jeff Stein: The battle for K’s direct payments “puts tremendous pressure” on Republican committee Kemp rejects Trump’s call to resign as ” distraction “MORE (Ga.) I David Perdue
David PerdueOssoff closes Loeffler’s criticism of Warnock: “He’s been campaigning with a Klansman” Jeff Stein: The battle for K’s direct payments “puts enormous pressure” on Republican group Kemp rejects Trump’s call to resign as ” a distraction “MORE (Ga.) They fight for their political life and the fate of the battle for the majority of the Senate.
But several others are opposed to increasing funding or have concerns about the structure of the bill passed by the House. Because the House bill increased the amount of checks while maintaining the same phasing-out structure, higher-income families may be eligible for payments.
“I think it’s a very inefficient way,” Thune said, saying he was opposed to increasing the amount. “If we want to have a debate about what we can do more, I think we can do it next year.”
His. Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander A vaccine, a burrito and more: 7 lighter and more memorable moments from 2020 IN COVID-19, foreign policy elites are as polarized as the public The Hill’s Morning Report – Congress finally comes to an agreement of relief COVID-19 MORE (R-Tenn.) He argued that the recent bill passed by Congress was “directed,” but “the $ 2,000 problem is not directed. It goes to people who didn’t lose money during that.”
Toomey, who has vowed to block any attempt to vote on a check bill, argued Wednesday that it would be irresponsible for Congress to charge more money, some of which would go to people who have not lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. .
“How does that make sense?” he asked.
His. Mitt Romney
Willard (Mitt) Mitt Romney: Bipartisan lawmakers are urging Trump to immediately sign or veto the coronavirus relief bill. The note: Could Pence run and win in 2024? MONTH (R-Utah), the 2012 party presidential candidate, noted the cost of increased controls.
“Someone has to pay for it,” Romney said. “We can’t just have free money. There must be taxes. We have to pay the interest on the debt. “
McConnell offered his competitive proposal arguing that it fits what Trump is looking for. On his signature statement on Sunday, Trump said the Senate “would begin the process for a vote that would increase checks to $ 2,000,” in addition to repealing section 230 and initiating “an investigation into election fraud.”
But Republicans are not linking Article 230 to the fight against stimulus controls, especially after they left the tech battle outside the National Defense Authorization Act despite Trump’s demands.
His. Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins: The Senate is ready to overturn the veto of Trump’s Advocacy Bill for 000 stimulus checks coming to the Senate track On The Trail: the political winners of 2020 MORE (R-Maine) argued that controls and Article 230 were “two different issues.”
Cornyn, who is close to McConnell, said the repeal of liability shielding used by tech companies was not “relevant” to the debate over increasing the number of stimulus controls.
“I think we need to address 230, but I just think that’s not the right way to do it,” Cornyn said. “I’m in favor of doing something, but not this week, not even in this bill.”