{"id":188617,"date":"2021-03-03T14:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188617"},"modified":"2021-03-03T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T19:45:04","slug":"georgia-dems-backtrack-on-promise-to-deliver-2000-stimulus-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-dems-backtrack-on-promise-to-deliver-2000-stimulus-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Dems Backtrack on Promise to Deliver $2000 Stimulus Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgia-dems-backtrack-on-promise-to-deliver-2000-stimulus-checks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=188617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On the eve of the Georgia runoffs, soon-to-be President Joe Biden told voters that sending Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate would put $2,000 stimulus checks in the mail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their election will put an end to the block in Washington on that $2,000 stimulus check,&#8221; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KbDJJ782MfY?t=206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/KbDJJ782MfY?t%3D206&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGizU_H4n18j3i7c4Z3lgjZ0GVOQw\">said<\/a>. &#8220;That money that will go out the door immediately to help people who are in real trouble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, stimulus checks still have not been sent, and Senate Democrats have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/senate-push-covid-aid-bill-473261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/03\/senate-push-covid-aid-bill-473261&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFWMAhyBJnpn8Li76GGSFe8fYxXsw\">kiboshed<\/a> plans for $2,000 checks. The Biden administration and Democratic leadership agreed on Wednesday to scale the stimulus checks down to $1,400, a shift that has been in the works since just after Ossoff and Warnock were elected.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Biden\u2019s transition team <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/bidens-covid-19-stimulus-checks-225131529.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/bidens-covid-19-stimulus-checks-225131529.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGVXTNNn8ztZLlVoaKIsu7JhKqxmQ\">argued<\/a> that $1,400 checks in addition to the already-issued $600 checks would be the same as the promised $2,000 checks. And in February, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), with both Ossoff and Warnock standing behind him, advocated for the slimmed-down $1,400 check, making the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajconwashington\/status\/1359893168444080131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajconwashington\/status\/1359893168444080131&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFH--TyiwBoOvw64p1FDIJjRM5PVA\">same argument<\/a> about reaching a cumulative $2,000 in stimulus.<\/p>\n<p>The shift to $1,400 checks comes despite repeated campaign trail promises to support the full $2,000 checks by the Georgia Democrats and their national allies.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReverendWarnock\/status\/1345082524402393088\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReverendWarnock\/status\/1345082524402393088\/photo\/1&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNF3YA3MaL_cs61y5CeVz560a4hoYA\">ran ads<\/a> asking voters, &#8220;Want a $2,000 check?&#8221; along with a picture of a U.S. Treasury check going out to an individual in &#8220;Anytown, USA.&#8221; And Ossoff <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1341597404051763200?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1341597404051763200?s%3D20&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNHWcOX87LIy-3hmRvSW0t6Lb0fdTw\">regularly<\/a> called for &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1341581147327881216?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1341581147327881216?s%3D20&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431413000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGsu1gE71cmsH1PJgut-raP86Apxw\">$2,000 checks now<\/a>&#8221; and pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1343622283110313984?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1343622283110313984?s%3D20&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431414000&#038;usg=AFQjCNETLxH1y2GE0wNyXOrghlvw1bb3Ig\">support<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1343699105558765570?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossoff\/status\/1343699105558765570?s%3D20&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431414000&#038;usg=AFQjCNFEBnBthfVJ1r0zSJJqcVWI2vTBkg\">full $2,000 checks<\/a> if elected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pCXj7rdSiqn3nKcd-Axd6YE0IkER-VNFsng-e_Qazof1bLI_qpOlq1IarBXFo3bUueWgYc1c3WGJV4UOYx7Muz6o0s8Wu54WctVIANHQTsRhJ5aGtgf5APhO3Xh9UGEaT7uMT_ay\" width=\"624\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the runoff election\u2019s home stretch, Warnock repeated his pledge for $2,000 even after President Donald Trump signed the COVID-19 bill that sent $600 checks to eligible recipients. And he\u00a0continued to back $2,000 checks after winning office. The day after he was elected, Warnock\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/953890849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/953890849&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431414000&#038;usg=AFQjCNH9jFVxyKxeIFjgGTMHwbpCJ_LMAA\">told<\/a> NPR that &#8220;we ought to pass the $2,000 stimulus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neither Sens. Ossoff nor Warnock\u2019s offices responded to requests for comment about the shift to $1,400 checks.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats currently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1367160799958040578?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1367160799958040578?s%3D20&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614880431414000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGOer2Fq-fFZtMztPrFxe1AiOSsZQ\">plan<\/a> to move on the updated bill &#8220;as early as tonight.&#8221; While Ossoff and Warnock have not yet commented on it, both are expected to support the compromise bill along with their Democratic colleagues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the eve of the Georgia runoffs, soon-to-be President Joe Biden told voters that sending Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the U.S. Senate would put $2,000 stimulus checks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274690,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pCXj7rdSiqn3nKcd-Axd6YE0IkER-VNFsng-e_Qazof1bLI_qpOlq1IarBXFo3bUueWgYc1c3WGJV4UOYx7Muz6o0s8Wu54WctVIANHQTsRhJ5aGtgf5APhO3Xh9UGEaT7uMT_ay","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia Dems Backtrack on Promise to Deliver $2000 Stimulus Checks","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pCXj7rdSiqn3nKcd-Axd6YE0IkER-VNFsng-e_Qazof1bLI_qpOlq1IarBXFo3bUueWgYc1c3WGJV4UOYx7Muz6o0s8Wu54WctVIANHQTsRhJ5aGtgf5APhO3Xh9UGEaT7uMT_ay","fifu_image_alt":"Georgia Dems Backtrack on Promise to Deliver $2000 Stimulus Checks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}