Gingrich begs McConnell to set up vote on $2,000 checks
By Jonathan Easley - 12/30/20 12:12 PM EST
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Wednesday that he would “beg†Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to have a clean vote on $2,000 stimulus checks, warning that the GOP will lose its majority in the Senate if additional funds are not approved.
Speaking Wednesday on Fox News, Gingrich said the $2,000 payment must be brought up as a stand-alone vote ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections in Georgia that will determine the balance of power in the upper chamber.
Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), who will face off against Democrats John Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, respectively, next week, support the payment.
President Trump is pushing Congress to pass the additional $2,000 stimulus after he grudgingly signed a $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief deal that is sending out $600 to those who qualify.
“I would beg him to bring up $2,000 payment as a free-standing independent vote, and have people like Sens. Loeffler and Perdue come back and vote for it,†Gingrich said. “Take it off the table as an issue because, frankly, Warnock and Ossoff could be in favor of the $2,000 unit and can attack Mitch McConnell for the next six days, and I think it’s very hard at that point to win the race.â€
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