Here s how South Carolina s congressmen voted on $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks Emily Bohatch, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Dec. 29 COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina s U.S. House delegation voted down party lines Monday night on a stimulus bill that increases the amount of COVID-19 aid directly given to taxpayers under a certain income from $600 to $2,000.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn and Joe Cunningham voted in favor of the measure, while Republican Reps. Jeff Duncan, Ralph Norman, Tom Rice, William Timmons and Joe Wilson voted against it.
The House passed the bill Monday evening with a vote of 275-134, with 44 Republicans in favor days after House Republicans blocked an attempt to raise the direct payments following the president s call for increased stimulus checks.
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A Republican senator said Wednesday that he will object to Congress’s certification next week of the results of the November 3 US presidential election, a move that may slightly delay but not derail the final confirmation of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.
Several Republican members of the House of Representatives have also said they plan to object to the January 6 certification of the Electoral College vote but Josh Hawley of Missouri was the first senator to confirm so publicly.
Vice President Mike Pence is to lead the joint session of Congress which certifies the Electoral College results that determine the winner of the White House race.
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