Stimulus check, veto override debates weigh on Georgia Senate runoffs
By Max Greenwood - 12/30/20 06:00 AM EST Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) have found themselves in a legislative bind, torn between their Senate caucus and President Trump with just a week to go until the elections that will determine their political futures.
The two Georgia Republicans came out on Tuesday in favor of a measure that would increase the size of stimulus checks to millions of Americans from $600 to $2,000, backing up Trump’s call for heftier direct payments while defying most congressional Republicans, who have resisted the larger checks for months.
Loeffler and Perdue’s support for the more robust stimulus payments amounted to the latest effort by the two senators to hitch their fortunes to Trump, who remains the most influential Republican in the country and commands the support of an ultra-loyal base of voters whom Loeffler and Perdue will need to turn out in the Jan. 5 runoff elections.
Those runoffs will determine the balance of power in the Senate when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20.
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