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Old 12-31-2020, 11:05 AM
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Angry Lindsey Graham breaks with McConnell -- urges vote on $2,000 stimulus checks

Lindsey Graham breaks with McConnell -- urges vote on $2,000 stimulus checks
By: Matthew Chapman - Raw Story News - 12-31-20
Re: https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-2649707305/

On Thursday, according to POLITICO, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) broke with Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and publicly called for a standalone vote on House Democrats' legislation to raise direct COVID-19 stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000 — a move that is supported by both outgoing President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden.

Graham made the comments on "Fox & Friends," saying that "if you had a stand-alone vote on the $2,000 check, it might pass" the Senate. "70 percent of Republicans don't want to go to 2,000," he added, but "I'm with the president on this."

"We have seven Republicans who've already said they would vote for it. We need five more," he added. "I think if we had the vote, we would get there."

McConnell has falsely blasted the legislation as a giveaway to wealthy Democratic donors, even though the stimulus is means-tested. He has said he will only allow a vote on the stimulus if it is tied to two other demands from Trump: a repeal of internet speech protections and a new commission to investigate the president's conspiracy theories on election fraud.

Democrats are unlikely to support this combined package, and even if they did, there is almost no time left for the House to reconvene and pass it.

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Personal note: The games afoot once again. Everything has a string attached to it in politics. These guys are all sick and playing their political games is a sham in the making.
I've never seen such a screwed up mess - ever - in our political system. The damage they've done may take years to straighten up if that. Citizen's lost and our Government is at fault because they can't work together to a resolve. And they call us naïve these old fossils need to take walk and go into retirement. They are no longer a working institution they are like kids fighting over a piece of candy. They've shown the US People they are working only for their own benefit not ours or the country itself.

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