Bernie Sanders Vows to Filibuster Military Budget to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks during an interview in the Russell Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on December 16, 2020.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning to filibuster the Senate’s upcoming attempt to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the annual military spending bill in an effort to force a clean vote on House-passed legislation that would provide one-time $2,000 direct payments to struggling Americans.
“This week on the Senate floor [Republican Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell wants to vote to override Trump’s veto of the $740 billion defense funding bill and then head home for the New Year,” the Vermont senator said in a statement late Monday. “I’m going to object until we get a vote on legislation to provide a $2,000 direct payment to the working class.”
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December 28, 2020
President Trump has signed the 900 billion dollar COVID relief deal, just days after he said he would not accept it.
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President Trump has signed the 900 billion dollar COVID relief deal. Just days after he said he would not accept it.
It took lawmakers months to agree on a deal and many are relieved it is moving forward. The president has finally decided to do that is good news. Said Rep. Adam Smith I mean, it points out his limitations as a president. He really doesn t pay much attention to the details of the legislation that he s working on or to the impact that it has on people or he would ve signed this in the first place because as you noted, this is the deal that his White House negotiated. So I m glad he s signing it cause he s going to help a lot of people