Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, September 28, 2020.
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The House will vote Monday on raising the second round of federal direct payments to $ 2,000 as Democrats embrace President Donald Trump’s calls to put more money in the pockets of Americans.
The measure will increase stimulus controls in the coronavirus relief and government funding package for the year-end to $ 2,000 from $ 600.
Last week, the president called the legislation a ‘disgrace’. He waited days to sign the package after receiving it from Congress. Trump claims he opposed the bill – which helped his secretary of state negotiate and which included many of his White House budget priorities – because it included too little direct money to Americans and too much foreign aid.
Trump has been demanding $ 2,000 in payments in recent days. In a statement declaring its decision to sign the legislation on Sunday, he noted that the House and possibly the Senate could decide to approve larger cash deposits. However, most Republicans in the Senate held by the GOP even opposed a $ 1200 check.
Trump’s gambit means a chaotic eight-month effort in Washington to send another round of coronavirus relief. Americans waited months for more help after financial lifelines that helped them through the early months of the pandemic expired during the summer. Trump’s delays in signing the year-end bill cost an estimated 14 million unemployed Americans a week’s unemployment benefits after two major relief programs briefly expired.
The president’s signature prevented the government interruption that was due to begin on Tuesday. More delays would also jeopardize a federal eviction moratorium, which would extend the bill by a month to January 31.
Democrats call the bill a down payment and plan to demand more help after President-elect Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20. Asked for direct payments throughout the negotiations, they jumped on the president’s backs for $ 2,000 deposits.
In a statement Sunday, House President Nancy Pelosi, of California, called on Trump to put more pressure on his party to support the payments during Monday’s vote.
“Every Republican who votes against this bill is a vote to deny the financial hardship that families face and to deny the American people the relief they need,” she said.
In his own statement Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Said he was “pleased that the American people will receive this much-needed aid if our country continues to fight this pandemic.” However, he did not mention the plans to cancel the $ 2,000 paycheck if the house succeeds.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said Sunday that he would try to enforce the legislation in the Senate.
“No Democrats will object to that. Will Republicans from the Senate?” he tweeted.
House Democrats tried to pass $ 2,000 payments during a unanimous pro-forma session on Thursday. The vote failed, however, because House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, did not approve it.
The chamber will vote in full on Monday. It would support two-thirds to pass a procedure that could get the House to vote on legislation faster.
Earlier this month, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Twice rejected attempts to unanimously pass $ 1,200 direct payments to the Senate. Sens Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., And Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Insisted on the checks as part of the aid package.
Schumer’s attempt to put pressure on Republicans from the Senate comes as two incumbents of the IDP. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler – at the January 5 fight in Georgia that will determine Senate control and shape the success of Biden’s agenda. Democrats have made the relief of pandemics a major problem in racing.
The $ 900 billion pandemic assistance from the legislation includes the $ 600 payments along with a $ 300-a-week federal unemployment insurance supplement through mid-March. It expands programs that enable freelance, performance and self-employed workers to receive benefits and increase the number of weeks people can receive insurance.
The bill puts more than $ 300 billion more in support for small businesses, mostly in the form of forgiving loans to protect the Paycheck program. This creates a $ 25 billion rental aid fund.
It contains more than $ 8 billion for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines and $ 20 billion to make American shots free. It also puts $ 82 billion into education while schools struggle to reopen, and $ 45 billion into transportation, which includes airline support.
The aid package does not put money into government relief and local government relief, which Democrats and many Republicans support as a measure to prevent layoffs. However, IDP leaders opposed the approval of the aid without also creating a shield for businesses against coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Democrats plan to introduce support and state support and another round of direct payments, among other aid measures, after Biden takes office.
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