Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Dec. 30 said the House-passed bill to increase the stimulus check payment to $2,000 isn’t going to pass in the upper chamber. This comes after President Donald Trump slammed the CCP virus stimulus package last week, calling on Congress to pass $2,000 payments and get rid of measures not related to the pandemic. Trump also vetoed a defense spending bill because it failed to address reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. On Dec. 28, the House passed the $2,000 stimulus payment bill. McConnell blocked unanimous consent to authorize $2,000 stimulus checks and introduced a different bill that tied the $2,000 payments to a repeal of Section 230 as well as the establishment of a committee that would investigate voter fraud claims. “The Senate is not going to split apart the three issues that President Trump linked together just because Democrats are …Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Dec. 30 said the House-passed bill to increase the stimulus check payment to $2,000 isn’t going to pass in the upper chamber. This comes after President Donald Trump slammed the CCP virus stimulus package last week, calling on Congress to pass $2,000 payments and get rid of measures
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