Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Americans may receive stimulus payments as early as Tuesday night after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell blocked an effort to raise the amount to $2,000.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on Republicans in the GOP-controlled chamber to "not stand in the way" of the move to increase stimulus checks to $2,000.
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House approves $2,000 checks
Some Republicans join push, but Senate prospects uncertain
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump s demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is highly uncertain.
Democrats led passage, 275-134, their majority favoring additional assistance, but dozens of Republicans suddenly joined in approval. While Democrats favored bigger checks, Congress had settled on smaller $600 payments in a compromise over the big year-end relief bill Trump reluctantly signed into law. The president s GOP allies opposed more spending and Trump s push puts them in a difficult spot.
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