Republicans vent over surprise Trump move on COVID-19 relief

[mystery-ak]

Republicans vent over surprise Trump move on COVID-19 relief
By Juliegrace Brufke - 12/23/20 04:38 PM EST

House Republicans vented during a conference call held Wednesday over President Trump’s threat to veto the sweeping coronavirus relief and omnibus spending package, which could potentially tee up an end-of-the-year government shutdown.

Trump in a video post to Twitter on Tuesday complained that the $600 direct payments included in the bill were too small, and called for them to be $2,000.

Democrats, who have backed larger payments, are seeking to turn that against the GOP with a unanimous consent request on Thursday to agree to stand-alone legislation that would make the checks $2,000.


During the call, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members that he is willing to object to the unanimous consent vote and offer his own, on cuts to spending.

“Members are venting. Kevin at the top went through what we can do — he can object and offer his own [unanimous consent motion],” one source on the call said.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/531516-republicans-vent-over-surprise-trump-move-on-covid-19-relief

[txradioguy]

Well they did it to themselves by going along with the billions of dollars of pork stuffed into the bill and by mashing all of the spending into one giant omnibus bill with everything else that is running out of funds because the House won't pass a budget.

Not that the media will report it this way.

[libertybele]

Well they did it to themselves by going along with the billions of dollars of pork stuffed into the bill and by mashing all of the spending into one giant omnibus bill with everything else that is running out of funds because the House won't pass a budget.

Not that the media will report it this way.

I believe that both Cruz and Paul voted against it.  Good enough reason for me to believe it's a crap bill.

[txradioguy]

I believe that both Cruz and Paul voted against it.  Good enough reason for me to believe it's a crap bill.

Yes they did.  Only six Republicans in the Senate voted against this side of pork.