House passes the Trump quested $2000 stimulus, and quite a number of repubs joined in.
Now, let's see what they do in the Senate.
The bill faces an uphill battle in the GOP-run Senate despite Trump's support.
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The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Monday evening to increase direct coronavirus relief payments to some people to $2,000, though the measure faces an uphill battle in the Republican-run Senate, despite support from President Donald Trump.
Man, Trump just humiliated the House Republicans on this- especially those Freedom Caucus, "people need to stop suckling at the gubmint teat and pick themselves up by the bootstraps" folks. They fought the dems tooth and nail to bring down the personal payments from what the Dems had originally proposed. Now they snap to attention as Trump kicked them like a dog and yanked their leash. No longer can they claim to be all about fiscal responsibility or personal responsibility. They have been revealed as the sad barking yelping dogs of Trump that they are.
As far as the GOP senate, now it's their turn to be humiliated. This was their ultimate nightmare, and Trump just made it a reality. They too will be outed for the spineless and principle-less dogs that they are:
"On Sunday night, as part of his face-saving efforts following his utter capitulation to Congress in
signing the Covid-19 stimulus relief legislation, President Donald Trump
insisted that "the Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and starts an investigation into voter fraud."
The last two claims there from Trump are utter bunk; there appears to be little will among Senate Republicans to
rethink the way social media companies regulate content or to spend months
digging for voter fraud claims that are, well, nonexistent.
It's Trump's first point -- that the Senate "will start the process for a vote that increases [stimulus] checks to $2,000" -- that is
by far the most realistic and politically problematic suggestion for Republicans.
Why? Because it puts them in a very small box: Either vote to massively increase the national debt -- by giving $1,400 more to
every qualifying individual in the country -- or vote against what is much-needed money for people who have been devastated by the economic effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic."
So, either violate a bedrock principle of conservatism (the government is spending us into unmanageable debt!) or be attacked as heartless by Democrats. It's a lose-lose. Bigly. Especially if you are Sens. Kelly Loeffler or David Perdue, both locked in tight runoff races on January 5. Both incumbent Republicans need base conservatives with them to win, so a vote for more government spending isn't a good one.
But they also can't actively agitate the rest of the state -- including swing voters in the suburbs who want the government to help those struggling as much as they can. It's a nearly impossible line to walk, politically speaking."
On Sunday night, as part of his face-saving efforts following his utter capitulation to Congress in signing the Covid-19 stimulus relief legislation, President Donald Trump insisted that "the Senate will start the process for a vote that increases checks to $2,000, repeals Section 230, and...
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