Newsman: President Trump again asked congress to raise the stimulus check to $2000 and did not sign the Covid-19 relief bill on Saturday, the day millions of Americans loses their unemployment benefits amid pandemic.
President-elect Joe Biden as urged President Trump to sign the COVID-19 relief bill in statement said, “It is the day after Christmas, and millions of families don’t know if they’ll be able to make ends meet because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign an economic relief bill approved by Congress with an overwhelming and bipartisan majority.” “This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences” Biden Added.
President Donald Trump said, President Trump pushes $2,000 checks: ‘Give our people the money.’
“I simply want to get our great people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill. Also, stop the billions of dollars in ‘pork,’ “in a tweet message on Saturday.
President Trump did not sign the Covid-19 relief and government funding bill into question on Tuesday when he threatened to veto the bill after it passed both chambers of Congress with strong majorities. In a video posted to Twitter, Trump complained that the bill contained too many provisions unrelated to the pandemic and argued that the direct payments to Americans were too low.The bill was sent from Washington to Florida on Thursday night, where Trump is spending the holidays at his Palm Beach resort. It remains unclear whether Trump will sign it.
The government is funded through Monday. Failure to sign the bill before then could lead to a shutdown and would delay the much-needed coronavirus relief.
Following Trump’s comments about raising the amount of the direct payments amount per individual to $2,000, House Democrats on Thursday rushed to schedule a vote to increase the payments as the president demanded. But Republicans killed the bill, throwing into further doubt the future of any imminent financial relief for millions of struggling Americans.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that House Democrats would vote Monday on a standalone bill that would provide direct payments to Americans of $2,000 a person.
