Absolutely not. No : Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin balks at $2,000 stimulus checks
By Jordan Smith
Americans set to receive stimulus checks
President Donald Trump signed the COVID relief bill Sunday night, paving the way for the Treasury Department to issue stimulus checks.
WASHINGTON - There is a pending Democratic majority in the Senate, but the $2,000 stimulus checks President-elect Joe Biden promised ran into a new hurdle Friday.
And this time, the potential roadblock comes from within the party.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., told The Washington Post that he would absolutely not support a bill to issue $2,000 stimulus checks. Getting people vaccinated, that’s job No. 1, Manchin said. How is the money that we invest now going to help us best to get jobs back and get people employed? And I can’t tell you that sending another check out is going to do that to a person that’s already got a check.
Borough officials react to DC violence amid congressional certification of 2020 presidential election
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Supporters of President Donald Trump violently gained access to the U.S. Capitol building, physically pushing past police in an effort to disrupt Congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday.
Thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C. in an effort to challenge the certification of the election that the president has repeatedly said was fraudulent, but without evidence of widespread fraud.
A tweet from a Huffington Post reporter inside the Capitol showed photos of a group who had breached the building carrying a confederate battle flag, and wearing “Make America Great Again” hats.
By Susan Jones | January 7, 2021 | 5:05am EST
A protest at the U.S. Capitol turns ugly and violent on January 6, 2021. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Joining the bipartisan outrage over the storming of the United States Capitol on Wednesday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) later took to the Senate floor to condemn what Schumer called the final, terrible, indelible legacy of the 45th President of the United States, undoubtedly our worst.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell has this message for the American people: The United States Senate will not be intimidated. We will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs or threats. We will not bow to lawlessness or intimidation. We are back at our posts. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution and for our nation. And we re going to do it tonight.
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