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The House approves an increase in stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, meeting one of President Trump's late demands that nearly upended the massive spending-and-stimulus bill. Senate action on the measure is uncertain.
Trump rejected the defense bill, saying it failed to limit social media companies he claims were biased against him during his failed reelection campaign.
US House of Representatives okays $2,000 COVID-19 relief cheques sought by Donald Trump
Trump last week threatened to block a massive pandemic aid and spending package if Congress did not boost stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000 and cut other spending
Reuters | December 29, 2020 | Updated 11:18 IST
US President Donald Trump
The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump s demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief chequeson Monday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.
But even as Democrats helped secure approval for what the Republican president sought on stimulus payments, they spearheaded a House vote just a short time later to override his veto of a separate $740 billion defense policy bill. The rebuke, in Trump s final weeks in office, would be the first veto override of his presidency if seconded by the Senate this week.