Posted on 12/24/2020 7:31:07 AM PST by conservative98
Congress made it official on Christmas Eve: no COVID-19 stimulus money will be approved until next week at the earliest.
Partisan gridlock resumed as Democrats sought to unanimously approve President Trump’s request that $600 stimulus checks be increased to $2,000,
The motion was refused consideration under House policy because Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had not consented.
In a Wednesday night letter, McCarthy accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of “selective hearing” of Trump’s objections, and asked for unanimous consent for the House to reconsider billions in foreign aid in a relief bill approved Monday by both chambers of Congress.
That request also was blocked for failing to have Pelosi’s consent.
Most legislators are in their home districts for Christmas. Pelosi’s request for unanimous consent was offered by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). McCarthy’s counteroffer was proposed by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) on his behalf.
The House won’t return until Monday Dec. 28 to consider further steps.
Because of the impasse, an estimated 12 million people will lose unemployment benefits the day after Christmas.
Trump on Tuesday unexpectedly refused to sign a $2.3 trillion pandemic stimulus and government funding bill that passed both chambers of Congress by wide margins, saying its $600 stimulus checks should be $2,000 and that wasteful spending should be removed.
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These days we don't even have to go to the expense of printing it. Just create it by putting more numbers in a computer file and transfer it by computer to people's bank accounts.
No actual money necessary.
Unexpected!
More crap from our unrepresentative representatives.
i see no evidence of what you claim
what I am seeing is that GOP wanted to examine the foreign spending and it was blocked by the Dems
the GOP blocked the pork fest with the increase of $2k for stimulus
There was no stand alone bill
Pelosi is talking about doing one on Monday
I had not read that and it would be difficult to do.
This story is about the stand alone bill that Trump wanted check size to increase the 2K
somebody pay me to paint a house with her in it and ill do it.
Looked like a good book: I Paint Houses.
Better nothing than a pork fest.
There is more money going for foreign crap and stuff than for stimulus. I don’t think either one is needed.
Are you sure?
If the demonratcommies are }{€££ bent on spending $ 2,300,000,000,000 then divide it by the number of AMERICAN CITIZENS ONLY (NO ILLEGALS OF ANY KIND!!!), NO PORK, NO OTHER COUNTRY AND NO KICKBACKS and Cut the Checks or make the Direct Deposit and be done with it !!!
NO STUPID “congress” Math just DIVIDE IT WITH BASIC MATH AND PAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!
Nasty creeps! I’m disgusted. Sorry but for far to long the debt has risen with no benefit at all. Now we heading to a fiscal disaster for sure. I want a piece of the pie if I’m going to suffer anyway. Selfish? Heck yes!
This was a stand alone bill. Jerks!!!!!
Excuse me. But in the last decade, we’ve gotten around 1800 dollars. Not hardly a gimme. 300 from W, 300 from Obama and 1200 from trump.
Send the $2,000 checks to Americans and tell foreigners that they will be getting absolutely nothing.
By upping the ante, Trump is REALLY putting pressure on the naysayers, who need to strip out the insane pork!
The Dems originally wanted to give working Americans $0, but reluctantly agreed to $600. Nancy jumped on the request to up the amount to $2000 by just adding $billions to the funding request.
Nancy and the Dems are anxious to get back to the normal, corrupt was of doing business to enrich themselves, by rushing through an Omnibus bill too large and complex to read or understand.
The responsible response to Trump's request is to get rid of the wasteful spending by moving it to the American people instead of foreign governments and internal pork.
Nancy really does not care about aiding the small businesses and employees destroyed and put out of work by misguided COVID policies. If she cared about the "little people" she supposedly represents, she would have taken action six months ago!
It would never see the light of day in the house.
pelosi claiming there will be one Monday
Normally I’d not support “relief” payments but the hardship was caused by the gov’t, both state and local, so in this case I’m for it. However, $600 is pitiful, near insulting.
Trump wanted a clean bill dealing only with this, NOT a giant 5000 page opus. (D) playing games as usual, they don’t care who gets hurt.
agree
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