Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a vote Tuesday on House-approved legislation that would raise the payments to most Americans from $600 to $2,000.
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Trump lashes out at his own party after override vote on defense bill
The Senate is expected to consider the measure later this week.
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Senate Republicans block Democratic push for Trump’s $2,000 checks
While denying a vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said ‘the Senate will begin a process’ to bring the president’s demands ‘into focus.’
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Biden blasts Trump’s pandemic response, vows to speed vaccine production
The president-elect warns that Operation Warp Speed is moving at a slower pace than needed and some ‘very tough’ weeks and months are coming.
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House overrides Trump’s veto of defense bill, a 1st in his presidency
Among the president’s complaints was that it ordered the Pentagon to change the names of military installations commemorating Confederate generals.
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Fate of Trump’s $2,000 stimulus checks now rests with Republican-led Senate
Despite approval by the House, it remains unclear if enough Senate Republicans will shelve their opposition to higher payments to support the president’s request.
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Trump relents, signs COVID relief deal, averts federal shutdown
The $900 billion pandemic relief package will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.
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Here’s what’s in the stimulus and government funding bill
The massive, year-end catchall bill combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation.
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How Maine’s delegation voted this past week
Congressional votes for the week of Dec. 18-24, 2020
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Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance
Trump had no events on his public schedule after throwing the future of a massive COVID relief and government funding bill into question.