Ohio Senator Brown Joins Sanders in Delaying Senate Holiday Over $2K Stimulus Checks
On 12/29/20 at 11:07 PM EST
Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown said Tuesday that he would push for a Senate vote on $2,000 stimulus checks by joining Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders s filibuster on the Senate floor.
Sanders called for a Senate vote on increasing direct payments from $600 to $2,000 on Tuesday, a motion which gained an immediate objection from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. When McConnell asked for a vote on overriding President Donald Trump s veto on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Sanders voiced his objection. Sanders s filibuster could potentially keep the Senate in session until January 1, taking up parts of the Senate s scheduled holiday recess. On Tuesday, Brown indicated that he would join Sanders in making sure the vote on the direct payments occurred.
The News Scroll 30 December 2020
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Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on camera Outlook December 30, 2020 11:08 IST Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on camera outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530
Washington, Dec 30 (PTI) US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC. Let s do it, Harris said before she received her shot on Tuesday.
Kamala Harris Receives First Dose Of Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine On Camera
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC.
PTI 30 December 2020 PTI 2020-12-30T11:39:42+05:30 Kamala Harris Receives First Dose Of Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine On Camera outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T11:52:59+05:30
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Let s do it, Harris said before she received her shot on Tuesday.
Harris described the process as relatively painless.
She added, It s about saving your life, the life of your family members, and the life of your community. I trust scientists who created and approved this vaccine. So I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated, Harris said.
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Biden and Pence were also administered COVID-19 vaccine on-camera
Earlier, US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, received their first doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine on December 21 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.
Current Vice President Mike Pence was administered the vaccine at an on-camera event the week prior to Biden.
In separate appearances on Fox News on Tuesday, Loeffler and Perdue made clear their desire to side with the outgoing president over many of their GOP colleagues in the Senate, whom they’ll need to work with should they keep their seats. “I’ve stood by the president 100 percent of the time,” Loeffler said on “Fox & Friends” when asked whether she would back the call for larger stimulus payments. “I’m proud to do that. And I’ve said, absolutely, we need to get relief to Americans now, and I will support that.”
“I’m delighted to support the president in this $2,000 it s really a $1,400 increment over what we ve done,” Perdue said on Fox News. “And I think with the vaccine coming, I think this is absolutely appropriate. So I fully support what the president is doing right now.”