Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown wants Senate vote on $2,000 stimulus check, criticizes Republican efforts to reject presidential electoral votes
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks before the arrival of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at a rally at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)AP
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WASHINGTON, D. C. - Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown on Wednesday pledged to do everything possible to secure a Senate vote on a measure the House of Representatives approved that would increase the size of upcoming coronavirus relief checks from $600 to $2,000.
Brown told reporters the extra money would “make a huge difference for many Ohioans,” such as mothers worried about paying back rent, fathers wanting to buy a computer to help their children learn better online, and laid off restaurant workers who might otherwise turn to payday lenders to ma
Luján Votes To Increase Payments To Americans To $2,000
From the Office of U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján
NAMBÉ – U.S. House Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after House Democrats passed legislation to increase direct payments to U.S. taxpayers from $600 to $2,000.
The bill now advances to the Republican-controlled Senate. On Christmas Eve, House Republicans blocked a unanimous consent request to pass $2,000 economic impact payments, which President Trump has expressed support for.
“For months, my Democratic colleagues and I have been advocating for bigger direct payments to Americans. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has callously resisted, denying struggling families a desperately needed lifeline during an unprecedented national emergency,” Luján said. “Since President Trump expressed his support for $2,000 checks last week, Democrats have acted twice to pass this measure. This is Congress’ last chance
Bernie Sanders Pulls a McConnell on Mitch McConnell to Secure $2,000 Stimulus Checks
On 12/29/20 at 2:56 PM EST
For most of the last few decades, budget standoffs in Washington tended to follow the same script: Republicans threatened to block some domestic spending bill or fully shut down the government unless Democrats agreed to let the GOP own the libs with something bad like a JPMorgan giveaway, a tax break for the rich or a draconian cut to a social program.
When Democrats controlled Congress, they never mustered the courage to respond with their own version of the same shrewd tactics. Even toward the end of the Bush era when the Iraq War was deeply unpopular, they never made a serious attempt to hold up a bloated GOP-written Pentagon bill in order to try to get their way on a progressive initiative.
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