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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Yes. My wife’s great grandfather was an obsessive gambler. He lost the family home in a card game. His wife took the kids and left him over it.
MCarthy did the right thing what president Trump called for larger checks and for the pork to be removed or removed for the most part.
They can blame republicans they always do. The fact remains Pelosi and the communists were never going to take the pork out and they really don’t care if you get a check or not. All of the news only talks about Trump asking for larger checks but failed to mention the pork removal the media is disingenuous at best.
But the low IQ public does not understand all the extra waste.
It’s not their tax money being wasted.
Money is ned for the citizens of other countries.
The elites know we are sheep and will do nothing.
An increase to 2000 is what you get with an enlarged bet, which is the House (letters 1-9 representing thousands), the big house, 2000:
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2000 = United States of America
Be funny if it all started with one dollar.
(It was all turned to the contrary..)
Excellent! Trump made Pelosi put in a poison pill!
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