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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from $600 to $2,000.
McConnell said in a speech on the Senate floor that the stand-alone House bill, which sought to meet President Donald Trump’s demands for bigger relief checks, “has no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”
With a new U.S. Congress due to be sworn into office in just a few days, McConnell’s remark suggested the legislation that passed the House on Monday will simply expire.
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Josh Hawley Creates Nightmare Scenario for McConnell, GOP by Objecting to Biden Win Certification
On 12/30/20 at 12:35 PM EST
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley s decision to object when Congress meets next week to tally the results of the presidential election will force Republican senators into the tricky position of having to publicly say whether they support President Donald Trump s baseless claims that he should have won instead of President-elect Joe Biden.
Hawley, thought to be a possible 2024 contender for the GOP presidential nomination, has hinted for weeks that he would raise an objection over the results from Pennsylvania and other battleground states that voted for Biden forcing a lengthy debate over the election followed by a roll call vote. House Republicans already had announced plans to lodge an objection in the lower chamber, and Hawley formally announced his plans Wednesday to do the same in the Senate.
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