On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared that the House stand-alone bill for $2,000 stimulus checks has “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”
So in other words, we either will not receive that stimulus or it will be a while before we do.
McConnell repeated Wednesday that the Senate will not take action on increasing the amount of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 without addressing two other issues outlined by President Donald Trump.
“Here’s the deal: The Senate is not going to split apart the three issues that President Trump linked together just because Democrats are afraid to address two of them,” McConnell said, noting that the House bill, which does not address the other two issues, has “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”
“The Senate is not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of Democrats’ rich friends who don’t need the help,” the Kentucky Republican said.
McConnell placed the blame back on Democrats, explaining they hope “everyone just forgets about election integrity and big tech.”
“They’re desperate to ignore those two parts of President Trump’s request,” he said, although Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pressed for an “opportunity for an up-or-down vote.”
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