“Let me be clear: If Senator McConnell does not agree to vote for or down to give workers in our country a direct sum of $ 2,000, Congress will not go home on New Year’s Eve,” Sanders He said in a statement.
At least another Democratic member is Senator Edward J. Marky from Massachusetts, He said he would join Sanders In preventing a vote to override the veto until there is a scheduled vote to increase stimulus payments.
While the Democrats cannot delay the vote by overriding the veto indefinitely, they may upset Republicans and heighten tensions in the Republican Party over stimulus payments. On Sunday, Trump signed a $ 900 billion stimulus package, but described the $ 600 checks as “modest” and urged his party to increase the amount.
Trump appeared to support Sanders’ move early Tuesday when he retweeted a post about it.
“Give people $ 2000, not $ 600. They have suffered enough!” Trump tweeted.
Democrats largely rallied around the idea, and the vast majority in the House of Representatives on Monday voted for the increase. They are joined by 44 members of the Republican House of Representatives, but it is not clear how much support the plan is among Republican senators, who have struggled to keep the stimulus package under $ 1 trillion.
Sanders’ delaying tactics center around another vote on Monday outside the House, which approved the vote. Trump bypassed Veto the $ 741 billion Defense Authorization Act.
McConnell It is expected on Tuesday To require the Senate to unanimously approve the vote the day after the overtaking. But Sanders said he would object to that vote unless McConnell also sets a date for $ 2,000 incentive checks.
The withdrawal of the last week of the Senate for 2020 could force Georgia’s Republican Senator David Purdue and Kelly Loeffler to stay in the capital during the last crucial days of the election campaign on January 5 that will determine which party controls the Senate, I mentioned Politico.
Sanders said he views the greater stimulus as key for Americans affected by the worsening pandemic.
“The House issued a $ 2,000 direct payment to the workers. It is time for the Senate to act,” he said.
