{"id":61537,"date":"2020-12-29T14:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=61537"},"modified":"2020-12-29T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:37:44","slug":"mcconnell-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-hold-stand-alone-vote-on-2000-stimulus-checks-signals-new-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-hold-stand-alone-vote-on-2000-stimulus-checks-signals-new-package\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Blocks Democrats\u2019 Attempt to Hold Stand-Alone Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Signals New Package"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmcconnell-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-hold-stand-alone-vote-on-2000-stimulus-checks-signals-new-package%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=61537&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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Schumer\u2019s attempt to hold a stand-alone vote on $2,000 stimulus checks.<\/p>\n<p>Senators Sanders and Schumer attempted to get consent from the Senate to bring up a measure that narrowly passed the House on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McConnell blocks Sanders request for $2,000 checks on the flr<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/1343972434836389889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McConnell signaled he would package the increased stimulus checks and tie it to a bill focused on repealing Section 230 and election reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this process, the president highlighted three additional issues of national significance he would like to see Congress tackle together,\u201d McConnell said signaling a new package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the three important subjects the president has linked together. This week the Senate will begin a process to bring these three priorities into focus,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats will likely not support McConnell in his push for a new package because they don\u2019t support election reform and don\u2019t support repealing protections for tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Sanders on Tuesday called McConnell\u2019s push to package the $2,000 stimulus checks with other provisions a \u201cpoison pill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/12\/mcconnell-blocks-democrats-attempt-hold-stand-alone-vote-2000-stimulus-checks-signals-new-package\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">McConnell Blocks Democrats\u2019 Attempt to Hold Stand-Alone Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Signals New Package<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked Schumer\u2019s attempt to hold a stand-alone vote on $2,000 stimulus checks. 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