House GOP Poised to Block Pelosi’s Bid for $2,000 Relief Checks Bloomberg 12/24/2020 Billy House and Laura Davison
(Bloomberg) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow Republicans Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to pass a bill boosting stimulus payments for individuals to $2,000 will fail, according to a person who participated in a private call with GOP House members.
Pelosi swiftly took up President Donald Trump’s demand for larger payments to individuals in the coronavirus relief package Congress passed Monday night, seeking to approve it in the House on Thursday.
Pelosi’s plan to seek unanimous consent to increase the direct payments to $2,000 from the $600 in Monday’s bill can be blocked by a single lawmaker. Republicans planned to halt her attempt.
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