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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Here’s a twist. In the latest $600 checks bill, it was held up by Trump. In part because he wanted $2000/person, the other because he explicitly wanted to remove protections from the social media companies that protected them from people spouting false stuff like Qanon. That was also included in the bill.
The Democrats are big supporters of that bill, and it passed with their full support.
Again I am not a Trump supporter at all, but it goes to show how murky politics is down there. Its not a pure good and evil story by any stretch.
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You’re completely misrepresenting the story.
Democrats wanted the payments upped to $2000 but without the extra social media stuff that Trump wanted.
Mitch and the Republicans introduced a Bill that tied the $2000 and the other Trump demands together. The Democrats objected and this is why the payments aren’t $2000.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/29/covi...us-checks.html
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to unanimously approve a House-passed bill to increase direct payments in the coronavirus relief package to $2,000 from $600.
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The Kentucky Republican later Tuesday introduced a bill that would boost the size of the checks to $2,000 from $600, repeal Section 230 legal liability protections for internet platforms and create a commission to study election issues. The bill would meet all of President Donald Trump's recent demands, which are unrelated, but would not get Democratic support and become law
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In a statement Tuesday, Schumer said if McConnell "tries loading up" the bill "with unrelated, partisan provisions that will do absolutely nothing to help struggling families across the country," larger direct payments would not become law.
"Any move like this by Sen. McConnell would be a blatant attempt to deprive Americans of a $2,000 survival check," he said
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