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Americans have been told that they could receive their $600 checks Tuesday
Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary, announced the roll-out had begun
Distribution comes as Trump is trying to get the $600 increased to $2,000
A bill to up the amount is languishing in the Senate
It is unclear how the payments would affect efforts to see the amount raised
Mitch McConnell has filed a rival bill with other items on Trump s wish list
His bill has the $2,000 stimulus checks plus a full repeal of section 230
It also features a guaranteed investigation into 2020 election fraud
There s no realistic path to passing $2,000 COVID check relief : Mitch McConnell shoots down yet ANOTHER bid by Dems to up stimulus amount and says you won t bully me into it
Mitch McConnell on Wednesday shot down another attempt by Democrats to pass a standalone bill that would send $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans
McConnell said the Senate won t be bullied into passing it and there is no realistic path to passage in the upper chamber
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to bring up but McConnell shut down his efforts
President Donald Trump supports increasing check amounts, demanding Wednesday morning in a tweet: $2000 ASAP!
Senator
Mitch McConnell blocked the Democrats’ push on Tuesday to increase stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600.
The GOP leader is instead calling for a single piece of legislation that combines the relief aid with Trump’s demands that lawmakers address election fraud and remove legal protections for social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
It seems Trump has decided that the survival of those greatly impacted by the COVID pandemic should be tied to his ability to get revenge on Twitter for anticonservative bias and censoring supporters of the president.
“Unless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000 payments ASAP,” Trump