Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. | Rod Lamkey/Pool via APSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday stymied Democrats’ long-shot bid to immediately increase direct stimulus payments to $2,000, leaving the fate of bigger checks in limbo as this Congress comes to a close at the end of the week.
Democrats are clearly wary that McConnell will try and roll the three disparate topics together, which Sen. Chris Murphy said “is an invitation for this entire effort to fall apart.” “People are hurting and I think we need to get more aid,” she said, while panning the possibility the checks might get rolled together with unrelated bills. “I’m upset it’s not targeted. I’m upset that the process is always throwing in things together, I’m upset we continue to not have bills in time to really study them.”
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wears a protective mask while departing the U.S. Capitol on December 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers are facing a midnight deadline to pass a continuing resolution to avert a partial shutdown and fund the government for another week. | Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images
This shit (the pandemic) is one of the reasons we pay taxes. Give us our god damned money.
Yes he blocked the Democrats. But more importantly he blocked aid that would be helpful to the American people during this pandemic. MoscowMich is heartless.
Blocks Trump & those two from Georgia.
Well, at least the Republican party will have the Democrats favored by the people when the new President elect takes office. It is mostly a show anyway.
You’d already have $2,000 or more in your hands if Democrats controlled the Senate. Vote for Warnock and Ossoff.
I'm not surprised. I saw how Hussein was living compared to the people in Iraq when I was over there as a soldier. There are hard nosed greedy people putting themselves before the people here too.
MarcACaputo U.S. Democracy: 1 man, representing ~4.5m Americans, elected by winning ~1.3m votes Decides on whether there *will be a vote* by the other 99 Senators, from 50 states, representing the other ~328m Americans Make this make sense
McConnell stymied nothing. Dems knew this was exactly what McConnell would do, and forced his hand into doing it. They are making it loud and clear that it is REPUBLICANS who are against helping the people in this country, in case it wasn't clear enough already.
Hope Georgia voters realize that if they vote democrat in run off this douche’s power will dissolve. Take a queue from these politicians and act in your self interest. Higher stimulus checks and likely higher federal minimum wage. No 1 needing both/either should vote republican.
Fuck Mitch McConnell
This is why no one respects Politico. How about “GOP leader blocks $2000 payments”? burgessev
People should protest in front of his house. Why trump base don’t go after this weasel of a senator. Because I know most of his base can use most of that money.
There's something very seriously, psychologically and/or physiologically wrong with the brain of senatemajldr and that's in addition to simply age and dementia that is overtaking his capacity to make positive decisions for the benefit of US taxpayers in need during this pandemic
You really thought Mitch McConnell gives a shit about the common man, fuck no. He is bought and paid for millions of times over.
The Trump administration does not provide security information to Biden.
And Repulicans. It had Bi-Partisin support