WASHINGTON (Reuters) The U.S. Senate could pave the way for Congress to override President Donald Trump s veto of a defense spending bill with a procedural vote on Wednesday, further raising tensions between the outgoing Republican president and party leaders.
Trump has ramped up pressure on fellow Republicans to support his veto because it does not repeal certain unrelated legal protections for tech giants and to back $2,000 onetime COVID-19 stimulus checks for struggling Americans. $2000 ASAP! Trump tweeted early on Wednesday.
On Tuesday the president attacked Republican leaders as pathetic and accused the party of having a death wish if it did not back raising the payments from $600 to $2,000 and scrap the legal protections for social media companies.
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Stimulus payments of $600 are on their way to Georgia; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a vote on increasing checks to $2,000. (Shutterstock)
GEORGIA Hopes for a round of $2,000 coronavirus relief checks were blocked in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, but a second round of stimulus check payments began arriving Tuesday night for some Georgians and will continue into next week, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said.
Paper checks will begin to be mailed on Wednesday. Most people who make under a certain amount will receive a one-time, non-taxable payment of $600.
Full payments will go to people who meet these criteria for adjusted gross income based on 2019 tax returns: $75,000 for single filers, $112,500 for heads of household, and $150,000 for those married filing jointly. After those thresholds, the payments decrease, and won t be available for single-filers who earned more than $99,000. Adults also get $600 for each child they claim as a d