Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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“The Democrats and Republicans in Parliament passed that legislation. Who is stopping that distribution to the American people? Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans,” she said at a news conference.
Democrats are trying to increase pressure on the Senate GOP to vote on the $ 2,000 checks backed by President Trump
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The House approved the raising of a bipartisan vote, but the Senate GOP is divided on the matter.
McConnell has put forward the idea of linking the $ 2,000 checks to two other Trump demands – an inquiry into the presidential election and a repeal of a law protecting tech companies from certain lawsuits – but that would likely kill the bill, given Democratic opposition. against those issues. .
The battle for the checks could affect Tuesday’s Senate elections in Georgia, which will determine which party has the majority of the Senate.
Democrats see the issue as a political winner and have tried to turn McConnell’s screws, given the GOP division.
“By blocking it, they deny the hardships that the American people are currently experiencing, health-wise, financially, in every way,” Pelosi said Wednesday.
“Their lives and livelihoods are on the brink in many cases. So they deny that necessity by denying this benefit. I really hope that in the next few days we only have a few days left in this session, that they will.” see the light and understand the suffering that is going on in our country. “
McConnell’s office did not immediately respond to Pelosi’s comments.
Democrats have tried to squeeze Republicans into both chambers after President Trump blinded lawmakers last week by panning the recent coronavirus aid package, passed by both chambers of Congress and including $ 600 stimulus checks, and Congress demanded he send legislation to Americans $ 75,000 under a check for $ 2,000.
Taking hold of the comments, Pelosi and House Democrats noted that the party had been pushing for increased stimulus payments for months, trying to make the checks a top issue within the GOP.
The House passed a bill on Monday to increase the amount of the checks in a vote of 275-134, with support from 44 Republicans.
McConnell fired blocked the bill on Tuesday, announcing its intention to combine legislation encouraging controls with efforts to repeal Section 230, a 1996 law that protects social media platforms from lawsuits over third-party content on their sites, and form a committee to investigate claims of voter fraud and election irregularities in November.
Several Republicans, including Sens. Marco Rubio
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Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler
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Still, the majority leader was backed by a number of other Republicans who had voiced concern at the expense of more than tripling the checks, including Sen. Pat Toomey
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Congress must continue to help workers who have lost their jobs. But blindly borrowing over $ 600 billion so that we can send $ 2,000 checks to millions of people who have lost no income is a terrible policy. I don’t agree on that, ”Toomey said on Tuesday evening.
Updated at 11:58 am