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Mitch McConnell December 30, 2020

McConnell introduces his own bill on $2,000 stimulus checks, other Trump priorities

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday introduced his own version of a bill to increase the $600 stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package to $2,000, but also included two other major priorities for President Trump.

Congress December 29, 2020

130 House Republicans, 2 Democrats vote against $2,000 stimulus checks

The bill to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 from the $600 that was approved before Christmas in the coronavirus stimulus package passed the House Tuesday by a narrow margin, getting 275 votes in favor of the boost when the bill needed 272 "yeas" to pass.聽

Democrats December 29, 2020

Bernie Sanders, Senate Dems see defense bill veto override as avenue to $2G checks

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to Twitter late Monday to suggest that he may engage in stall tactics to support聽legislation that would increase聽the direct payment amounts to many Americans from $600 to $2,000.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 28, 2020

House to vote on $2,000 stimulus checks after Trump signs coronavirus, spending package

The House of Representatives on Monday will vote on a bill to send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans in lieu of the $600 checks included in the coronavirus stimulus and government funding package President Trump signed Sunday night.聽

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 24, 2020

Pelosi pledges House vote on $2,000 checks as Monday shutdown deadline looms

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,聽said on Thursday that next week she will force lawmakers to take a recorded vote on $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans after President Trump demanded such checks and House Republicans blocked Democrats from bringing a unanimous consent request to make that happen.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 24, 2020

House GOP, Dems stymie requests to reconsider stimulus, spending package after Trump grievances

House聽Republicans and Democrats Thursday blocked each others'聽"unanimous consent" requests聽after聽President Trump聽aired grievances Tuesday night to the massive coronavirus stimulus and government funding package lawmakers sent to his desk.

Donald Trump December 23, 2020

Trump puts GOP on its heels with 11th-hour stimulus demands, throws wrench into Georgia Senate race

President Trump in a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday night demanded that lawmakers amend the coronavirus stimulus package they passed Monday to include $2,000 checks for individuals聽instead of $600 checks -- while also insisting聽that "wasteful and unnecessary" items be cut from the year-end spending package that was attached to the pandemic aid.

Congress December 22, 2020

Foreign aid in year-end spending package attached to coronavirus aid causes uproar

As Congress rushed to pass its year-end spending omnibus legislation and a coronavirus stimulus bill in one fell swoop Monday night, many objected to the process which essentially attached the crucial pandemic aid to a bevy of other priorities totaling $2.3 trillion.聽

Coronavirus December 22, 2020

Why the House split the coronavirus and omnibus package into two votes, and what it may mean for next Congress

The House of Representatives, in what could be a foreshadowing of things to come in the next Congress, split the coronavirus relief and government funding legislation passed Monday into two separate votes --聽allowing members to vote against the part that included military and Homeland Security funding without putting the package carrying the economic stimulus money聽in jeopardy.

POLITICS December 5, 2020

House passes 鈥楾iger King鈥� bill to outlaw private ownership of big cats

A bill passed by the US House of Representatives would outlaw private ownership of big cats 鈥� potentially preventing any new 鈥淭iger King鈥� successors from emerging.

Constitution October 9, 2020

McConnell: Pelosi talking about the 25th Amendment and Trump is 'absurd'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposal to establish a commission to determine whether a president is capable of discharging his office is "absurd" and should not be taken seriously.