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House GOP Blocks $2000 Stimulus Check Proposal
House GOP members blocked a proposal by Democrats to actualize President Donald Trump’s demand for $2000 stimulus checks. The $900 billion proposals passed Monday only set a one time $600 payment for Americans. Trump remarked that $600 represented a “ridiculously low” amount. Trump said he will veto the bill unless Congress increases the amount for the stimulus check. If Trump doesn’t sign the federal budget bill that included aid efforts, the government will shut down by December 29.
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House Pro Forma Session
Meanwhile, the majority of Democrats convened for a pro forma session Thursday. The short session featured Majority Leader Steny Hoyer requesting unanimous approval for the measure with a $2000 stimulus check. However, GOP House Minority Leader (Ca) Kevin McCarthy denied the motion. This ultimately killed the movement.
Then, Representative Rob Wittman (R-Va) tried to reopen the debate on foreign aid that is part of a companion bill. The Democrats In response to Hoyer, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) tried to reopen the debate on foreign aid included in a companion bill, but that also failed. Wittman with a proposal to remove parts of the spending package that included foreign aid, an area Trump criticized as unnecessary for a pandemic bill. Ironically, these measures were mostly part of the President’s budget request and supported by Republicans. That Democrats rejected the effort.
Democrats Have ‘Selective Hearing’
Prior to the Thursday session, McCarthy called out the Democrats, saying they suffered from “selective hearing.” He said that they didn’t get the full list of what Trump said about increasing the amount of the stimulus check. He tweeted Wednesday that “Democrats appear to be suffering from selective hearing. They’ve conveniently ignored @realDonaldTrump’s call to reexamine tax dollars wasted overseas while so many Americans are struggling at home. Republicans will act to put America first.”
Along with the tweet, McCarthy also sent an open letter to House GOP members. He noted that the GOP tried passing coronavirus relief for more than 40 times this year. However, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked these efforts to play politics.
Open Letter
In the open letter, McCarthy wrote “Americans have needed relief from the coronavirus and lockdowns for months. House Republicans have attempted to pass relief over forty times but each time, Speaker Pelosi has ignored our fellow citizens, saying ‘nothing is better than something. Worse than that, by waiting days before Christmas, Speaker Pelosi tried to use the American people as leverage to make coronavirus relief contingent on government funding — which includes billions of foreign aid at a time when there are urgent needs at home.”
“Our government’s top priority must be our families, communities, and small businesses as we get through this pandemic and restore our country,” he continued. “House Democrats appear to be suffering from selective hearing. They have conveniently ignored the concerns expressed by the President, and shared by our constituents, that we ought to reexamine how our tax dollars are spent overseas while so many of our neighbors at home are struggling to make ends meet. Thus, Republicans will offer a unanimous consent request to revisit the State and Foreign Operations title of the Omnibus so that we can fully address the concerns at hand,” he added.
Pelosi Calls For Trump To Break with GOP
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Ca), responding to the GOP block, called on President Donald Trump to break with House Republicans and urge his party to “end their obstruction.” She said that efforts to get more money to Americans approved isn’t over yet. “On Monday, I will bring the House back to a session where we will hold a recorded vote on our standalone bill to increase economic impact payments to $2,000,” she said in a statement. “To vote against this bill is to deny the financial hardship that families face and to deny them the relief they need.”She added, “Hopefully by then the President will have already signed the bipartisan and bicameral legislation to keep the government open and to deliver coronavirus relief,” she said.”
Democrats seized on Trump's objections to the bill in a bid to pressure Republicans to accept a proposed $2000 stimulus check. Trump’s statements backed them into a corner where they now need to decide whether or not to follow the President. “If the President is serious about the $2,000 direct payments, he must call on House Republicans to end their obstruction,” Pelosi said.
Watch the CNBC video reporting how House Republicans block Democrats’ attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks:
Loading ...Who should back down on this stalemate to give Americans their much deserved $2000 stimulus checks? Is it the Democrats, who want a bigger stimulus check but won’t remove foreign aid? Or is it the Republicans, who refuse to follow the President’s own demand to issue a higher stimulus check? Let us know by sharing your thoughts in the comment section below.
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I don’t want my tax money going to foreign countries to teach them about gender reassignment!!!
We need to get rid of those Republicans also!
Exactly, Democrats need to take ALL the foreign aid out of the bill and provide money for American people, and stop making these worthless add on provisional funds for wasteful studies that only end up back in their pockets at the end of the day…..
Abolish the Democratic party
Yeah we definitely need to get rid of those liberal democrat loonies and the RINO’s in Office ASAP!!!!! Hurting the AMERICAN people
Congress needs to give the American people some relief. You are using our money for foreign aid. America first. Term limits.
Either remove the pork or shut down the government, WITH NO BACK PAY, or a combination of both to pay for the increase in the stimulus. In either case reduce legislative and executive branches pay to 25% of their current pay, and perks, until this is resolved. I’m tired of paying for these people to play politics instead of working for the people and why should their constituents be the only ones who suffer.
The planed mic has been use as a political tool
All year long so why would these politicians stop now. There is no reason any foreign aid should be in a stimulus for Americans period. They used the plandemic to get rid of Trump and are now using it to line there pockets. Democrats=Disgrace
Republican Rinos=Reckless
If the people who paid their taxes now need relief, I agree that we should help them by why can’t the Democrats understand that if we give each one $1400 more, we have to cut that money from somewhere else like foreign aid. We all need to be fiscally responsible including the free spending Democrats in Congress who obviously don’t understand basic accounting like us normal people. President Elect Biden should step up on this “tough” issue but won’t in true Biden fashion.
IT IS JUSTLIKE I SAID IN MY FIRST REPLY. ALL THESE J.O.S GETALL THIER LIFE SERVED UP TO THEM. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY FINACIAL WORRIES LIKE THE REST OF US POOR SLOBS SO IN SHORT DONT GIVE A FLYING F ABBOUT US ALL THE WANT TO DO ISGN RUN THEIR MOUTH OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF THEIR FACES AND SOUND IMPORTANT. WHEN ITS JUST COMMON SENCE WE SLOBS NEED THE MONEY FOR OUR FAMILIES ONLE NO TO BUT ANOTHER CORVET OR AN AIR PLANE. AND I MEAN BOTH SIDES IN GOT AN E MAIL FROM SEN TOOMY TO DAY SAYING HE DID NOT APPROVE OF ANY STIMULAS MONEY. WELL HE DOSENT APPORVE OF ANY THING BUT HIM SELF, WHENWAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD HIS NAME MENTIONED???IT BOILS DOWN TO THIS : DEMS AND REPS GET US THE MONEY WE SO BADLY NEED AN TRIM ALL THE BS PORK FROM THE BILL AND SIGN IT THANKS FOR LETTING ME BLOW OFF
Term limits now! Americans need true and fair representation.
I could sure use a stimulus check, cant afford meat or house payments now, stuck with that Biden group for 4 more years, 8 years with OBama was bad enough, Trump had to fight for us, it is time we fought for him, crooked media has wrecked the best chance we ever had by twisting the truth, leave the Whitehouse alone,keep Trump, dump OBiden, we could have a wonderful country if the media told the truth, supported our President, and drain the swamp, term limits, spending considerations need to be met the same as stop supporting non citizens, but what I see is billions for foreign aid and zip for the taxpayers. I wish Trump could still pull this country back from total ruination, maybe he should place all cheaters and liars in jail, make it illegal for congress to throw away our money in support of any other country outside the USA,
We need to worry about Americans First. All the other non productive add on should be eliminated immediately. Foreign Aide? Foreign what brought the pandemic to our land. Stop acting like little children and get this thing done. Americans are with out jobs, food, need money for rent all everyday essentials. GET IT DONE NOW.
WELL I JUST GOT DONE ONE WITH ONE BI MUST SAY THIS OR EXPLODE. IAM SICK OF BIDEN BE CALLED PRESIDENT ELECT WHEN HE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A CIVILAN CROOK. THIS CROOKED SOB COULD BE PRESIDENT WHENHE AND HIS WHOLE FAMILY SHOULD BE GOING TO JAIL. HE IS A POLITICAL GANGSTER
HE HAS BBEEN INPOLITICS FOR FIFTY YEARS AND ONLY HAS A LIBRARY NAMED FOR HIM SHAME ON HIM AND THE REST OF THESE WAY OUT LIBERAL IDIOTS
What ever happened to the line item veto? This is the time to use it Mr. President.
Now everyone should know the importance of an election ands getting it right. That being said these people that we vote into the offices don’t represent this country as they should. America and it’s legal citizens first. We as tax payers should have a say in where and who gets our taxes dollars but we don’t and why ?
This is crunch time -president Trump MAGA has been 4 years of giving back to the tax payers benefit of their tax money. President Trump I s consistent. Giving American people value for their money. Democrat party will never recover if they block assistance to needy Americans voting to use taxpayer money for foreign aid will create a ground swell of resentment in future elections which will send every person who voted to pay out foreign aid instead of
AMERICAN RELIEF HOME FOREVER!!!!! THEY WANT TO REPRESENT EVERY ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD I WILL STILL REMEMBER IN 4 YEARS- AND FOREVER!
Let’s take care of America first before giving away our tax dollars to other countries. We need plenty of help here.
People will continue to complain about the same thing, expect different results. Same corrupt politician getting elected in both parties. Now a total FRAUD will take over with a Socialist/Communist agenda. Then 250M will go to the Palestinian’s for WHAT?? Get ready for total destruction when China moves in over the Canadian border. They already bought the FRAUD and the democrats. You idiots keep voting the same crap in.
As a responsible citizen, WW2 veteran and 94 years old I do know our Country is big business and needs to be treated as such. These dunderheads need to get a real job.
I agree! Term limits, and if the government shuts down, the Dems and Reps should not get paid. Our country first……gender studies for foreign countries!?!?!? What a ridiculous thing! That is NOT a necessity. Disaster assistance I could maybe see but gender studies?!?!? Keep our money in the US until we can get it together, balance the budget, stop just printing more money and cutting the deficit. Eventually our debt will catch up to us and what then? Aid to those who are suffering most….our own CITIZENS.
Both parties are not helping the American people which is what they were elected to do. Why are they helping foreign countries when Americans should come first. They have dragged all this making it worse for Americans. Let them go without food or paychecks and sleep out in the cold. I bet none of these politicians know what it’s like to be hungry, cold have to live without a paycheck or worry about their families being evicted. Make all of them Go without paychecks and live out on the streets and maybe then they will have some Empathy. How can they sleep at night and look at themselves in the mirror knowing they have caused so many to suffer!!!
NO FOREIGN AID!!! American citizens have been subjected to incredible hardship by a developed “pandemic”. We American patriots are fed up and readying to do as our forefathers did to combat a tyrannical government. The American WORKING CITIZENS should be the only people to be considered for stimulus aid!!!!!
It’ A coronavirus stimulus Bill “NOT”A foreign aid bill Democrats Are A THREAT To OUR National Security They Care More About Foreigners Then They Do Americans! God Help Us If They Win The Senate! And They probably Will Because This Election Was Rigged and Everyone Knows It!!
This should easily be a bipartisan bill, providing for the American people to get through this pandemic. All foreign aid and all extras should be put on hold until America is back on its feet. The people support this economy and have the Right to be considered ONLY in this relief bill. Get busy and provide for your own!!! We love our country and want it to prosper. Don’t forget, we the people can and will do it again if supported by you, the government. Don’t let US down! Work together and do right by us!!
The entire congress should be thrown out. We need term limits or all we will ever have are idiots doing dumb things while they line their pockets.
The Democrats need to quit wasting our hard earned money and sending billions out of our country. Concentrate on America and help our families who have been shut down by the China virus. People are going bankrupt and losing their life savings. Don’t blame this on the Republicans. Listen to Pelosi when she says she deliberately held it up for political reasons.
Since our so called president is so adept at handing out pardons maybe he could use a little of his power to help us. He can sign an executive order to give us the 2000 he says he wants us to have. I think this is an act of a sore loser who is going to make us do without since he didn’t get his way. How selfish, hateful, mean and childish. It is very apparent he was a spoiled child and a bully!! It was mentioned to have term limits.,,. Good idea but we need to stop the massive retirement package they voted in for themselves decades ago. Where else but in America can you work for 2 years and get a full pension with medical and other perks. Our money is not only wasted on foreign governments but in our nations capital as well!!’ Trump needs to stop barking orders and just sign an executive order!!!’ Such a Merry Fxxxxxx Christmas!!!! Thanks to our worthless government.
I think we all agree. Take care of America FIRST. Quit wasting money on silly studies here and abroad. With America being in debt for trillions now why would we give away money to other countries? We don’t owe anything to anyone except America.
We Need to abolish the 2 party system in this country! Then we could have Voters and people who really want to run for office not bought politicians. Face it you can not run for an office unless you have big money backing you, then you owe the big money. Need people who actually care about this country and the people in office. Not ones who only think about lining their own pockets on our backs! Take care of the USA not foreign countries. do you honestly think they would help us? They hate our way of life and want it ended !
1.9 billion to Egypt WTF?
If we the Americans dont forcibly remove the lying,cheating,stealing self serving crooks from D.C., they will never stop screwing us over until we are dead, we must organize and lock the Capitol building down with bulldozers front end loaders cranes tractors and all of us armed to the teeth and demand their resignations, it can be done and then and only then will we get our country back.
Remove foreign aid monetary stimuli., and raise Americans stimulus to $2,000 dollars. If Democrats want to contribute their $2,000 dollar stimulus to foreigners for absurd purposes, they are free to do so.
Look after your own first,Pakistan has more dodgements in Goverment than even here,there has not been an amendment proffered in Congress since 2016 by a Politician,anyone caught red handed is given a Slomo investgation until its dead and gone.The rich Dem or Rep billionaires pay ridiculous tax rates,and good working people get hammered,I hope it will change for the better,but people getting the gravvy dont want to pour it on ordinary people’s meals,”God Bless us all everyone”.
This was not only Election Fraud, it is the Democrats way of Overthrowing The United States Government!
It seems as though everyone in Washington is afraid of Obama and BLM. JUSTICE John Roberts is definitely afraid ! It is a sad time when our Leaders will not Uphold the Constitution of The United States! There goes our Freedom.
God Bless America!
Pelosi should be relieved of her position. She is doing no good with the American people. I truly believe that Americans should be first on the list to be taken care All in this time of need. The Democrats are overloading the bill for foreign care instead of domestic care. Right now Americans should come first in this time of need. I agree
I believe also that they should be term limits in the house and in the Senate and I also believe that they should be younger blood not the old-timers timers
Foreign aid ???????? The Dems are bat shit crazy !!!!! We have Americans living in the streets and they want to help foreigners and illegal immigrants and give Americans hard earned money to support their socialist agenda!!!!!!! Whatever happened to ” CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME?” We need to make sure that America takes care of our own people who are suffering because of political decisions that are ABSOLUTELY BULL SHIT 😡 Patriots we need to take back our country and tell the politicians to STOP playing games with our LIVES!!!!! WTF ARE THEY THINKING….. are there any mentally competent people left in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY ??????? 🇺🇸
The entire Dems who have been so powerful in lining their own pocets need to go- time for term limits of no more than 6 years. They have misused their power long enough. This goes for both parties. We, the working class, have stood still for too long. The next election, get this on the proposed bill with no pork barrell.
Foreign aid ???????? The Dems are bat shit crazy !!!!! We have Americans living in the streets and they want to help foreigners and illegal immigrants and give Americans hard earned money to support their socialist agenda!!!!!!! Whatever happened to ” CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME?” We need to make sure that America takes care of our own people who are suffering because of political decisions that are ABSOLUTELY BULL SHIT 😡 Patriots we need to take back our country and tell the politicians to STOP playing games with our LIVES!!!!! WTF ARE THEY THINKING….. are there any mentally competent people left in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY ??????? 🇺🇸
Apparently Mitch McConnell wants the Democrats to win in Georgia. He had a lot of nerve to Give all that money to foreign countries and then say to us… the American people “here keep the change” After all its only our moneywort begin with. And it’s called the Vovid relief bill and there is no COVID relief in it!!! They need to be tarred and feathered. We are going to be a socialist country in a few months thanks to the Republicans!!! REST IN PEACE AMERICA
We need to help Americans first. No foreign aid, no Kennedy Center millions – their employees are getting PPP, so why the aid for something very few Americans use? Small businesses are dying and very few will be able to restart. Funds need to be available for them to reopen – this is where many jobs come from, not big business, that has power to borrow if they need it. This is not always an option for mom and pop stores. Give the individuals the funds = help them pay rent and mortgages, and save their homes.
You do realize Mitch McConnell just gave our country to the socialists NOT the Democrats THE SOCIALISTS!!!!!! IF YOU PEOPLE IN kENTUCY VOTE HIM BACK IN TO OFFICE YOU SHOILD ALL BE SHOT!!!!! I DONT CARE IF HE IS RUNNING AGAINST NANCY PELOSI HE NEEDS TO GET FIRED!!!!
It’s Obvious that a Bill that Includes 5000+ pages does not just apply to Covid-19 and a Stimulus pkg for the Americans. Foreign Aid REALLY! When The People Who Put you in office that allows you all the comforts that you have NOT gone Without. We are only important during Election Time. Why is it that The American People go Without Income and Lose Their Businesses, But the Politicians Don’t Skip a Beat, Don’t miss a Check or Go Without ANYTHING!.. We’re Being FKD and they Don’t Care!!
funny, everybody thinks its democrats porking the bill, TRUMP, ORDERED THE REPIGLICANS TO INCLUDE ALL THE PORK IN IT! the dems arent allowed to pork this bill, by order of donald trump! so go figger, ha ha its repigs listening to the communist propaganda!put out there by the donald hisself, watta buncha jerks and
“piss ignorant repiglican voters”
stupid doesnt even begin to describe republican voters
I agree that the Democrats must remove all the money going anywhere but to the Americans who need it, The other countries should never come first we paid our dues and many of theirs long ago . If they want to be free then fight their own battles . Our Fore Fathers had to fight to make America Free and many of our Military are still doing the same to keep it. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE AND IT IS TIME THE OTHERS HAD TO GIVE THEIR BLOOD IF THEY WANT TO BE FREE OUR SONS , DAUGHTERS , FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS HAVE GIVEN THEIRS TO MAKE AMERICA FREE AND STILL TRYED TO HELP OTHERS TOO. ENOUGH, TIME TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
aid to pakistan is nothing but a steal by the POTLICKING dems. the packis KILL QUEERS.throw them off buildings, shoot them ,burn them THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN MORE SEXES THAN TWO. MALE OR FEMALE.NOTHING ELSE this is democrat/communist pork for THEIR OWN POCKETS. THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS say stop this crooked crap and PROTECT OUR OWN PEOPLE FIRST.
Everyone should know that congress pay is linked to soldiers pay When soldiers get a pay raise so does congress! this should be changed!Soldiers need more ! And We should symtop sending money to other countries They should be able to support themselves except under extreme circumstances. If. It the leaders should leRn how!! Give instructions instead of Money
They all don’t care because there on vacation and have been getting paid all along. Stop there pay checks till they do the job they were elected to and help American’s they should also add a $ 500 check to each family that lost someone to COVID and send that bill to China
We need to defund the democrats! All the immature and ignorant people in our government are only there for power and money, they are NOT PATRIOTS, President Trump loves our country and has worked non stop for our beloved country, so many lives got better with President Trump on our side, now we’re going backwards again and the democrats will destroy our country! All the big companies that brought or started businesses in our country are going to take their businesses back to other countries! No pork barrel, no democrats! Need term limits! Biden should be put in dementia unit! Harris should disappear to another country with all her socialist friends and stay!,Yes that means you; aoc and peeelosi, go away!
I think anyone who is running for president should undergo an extensive psychiatric assessment so we can avoid handing over the keys to the White House to a sociopath like we did. Trump has no empathy, no feelings at all. His entire life is about himself and getting what he wants at all costs. All the earmarks of a grade A sociopath….,.,
Democrats rats wanted give Foreigners overseas Stimulus Money 💵 and Dirty McConnell wanted Stimulus Money 💵 Go for Kentucky Race Horses How Dirty those Fu – ers are in Washington D.C. Their really Shoving Shit 💩 in Americans Face ! Americans get the Bird and Foreigners get the feather’s Veterans get the Bird 🐦 Why should Military go overseas to protect these Bastard Politicians in Washington D.C. They Shit 💩 All over them when come back Arms Legs missing CRUEL how they are treated Serve this Country ! Pass Term Limits Wake up ! Really Pisses me off Veterans Serve this Country and are Shit 💩 on ! Those Son of a Bitches in Washington D.C. want a Pay Raise in Congress Shit 💩 they just sit on their ass get Hemorrhoids! They need Big PAY CUT
Hey 🙋 Why is Stimulus Money 💵 going overseas to Pakistan their Terrorists? What’s our Stimulus Money 💵 have to do with their SEXUALITY PROBLEMS? We have BIGGER PROBLEMS OF OUR OWN! VETERANS NEED HELP! HOMELESS AMERICANS NEED HELP! What the FU- Why Can’t PRESIDENTS of all these COUNTRIES take care of their own people! These Presidents live High on the HOG live off United States! CIVIL WAR COMING REVOLUTION RIGHT HERE IN UNITED STATES! TIRED THESE SON BITCHES POLITICIANS SHITTING ON VETERANS WHO SERVE THIS COUNTRY! THIS DAY AGE DOESN’T PAY GO IN SERVICE! GET INJURED OR KILLED! POLITICIANS DON’T CARE ABOUT NOBODY! WHO WANTS TO SERVE IN MILITARY UNITED STATES IS FULL OF ALIENS TERRORISTS! BIDEN And HARRIS OPEN BORDERS!
`I want to know why it is OUR problem/duty to pay for all these squirrely projects of countries all over the world & NOT do those things for our own people? And WHY is Pelosi advocating doe a Wall for other countries , but wants ours torn down? This was supposed to be a China Virus Relief Bill for Americans, not a “Lets Fix The World At Our Expense Even Though We Have To Borrow The Money To Do It” bill. Dems better get their act together, before they ALL land in GITMO for Treason!!
Marshal Law
Our CONGRESMEN no longer represent the American people.They’re only interested in themselves.How in good conscience,can they justify giving all this money to foreign countries that hate and want to destroy us.We have millions of people unemployed,thousands homeless,and thousands going hungry everyday.How can they sleep at night?We need to take this country back.Start with protesting all this foreign aid.Let’s put America first.Fight for term limits.They’re selling our country down the road for their own gains.SAME ON ALL OF THEM!!!!!!
DRAIN THE SWAMP. TERM LIMITS FOR ALL including the JUDGES.
$600 would not even feed my household of three, let alone other bills. As a Veteran, this is disgraceful. Americans need help, STOP HELPING FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND START HELPING AMERICANS FIRST!! SO MANY STRUGGLING, STARVING, HOMELESS, ELDER HAVE TO CHOOSE MEDS, FOID, OR BILLS. SERIOUSLY CONGRESS NEEDS TO GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT AMERICANS FIRST!!
As far as I’m concerned, the Democrats have declared WAR when they started the rioting!