{"id":144576,"date":"2020-12-31T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/no-realistic-path-for-vote-by-senate-on-bigger-stimulus-checks-mcconnell-says\/"},"modified":"2020-12-31T03:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T00:01:00","slug":"no-realistic-path-for-vote-by-senate-on-bigger-stimulus-checks-mcconnell-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-realistic-path-for-vote-by-senate-on-bigger-stimulus-checks-mcconnell-says\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  No \u2018realistic path\u2019 for vote by Senate on bigger stimulus checks, McConnell says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbddc3dcf8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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\/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-realistic-path-for-vote-by-senate-on-bigger-stimulus-checks-mcconnell-says\/#Senate_to_focus_on_override_of_Trumps_veto_on_a_separate_defense_policy_bill\" >Senate to focus on override of Trump\u2019s veto on a separate defense policy bill<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-realistic-path-for-vote-by-senate-on-bigger-stimulus-checks-mcconnell-says\/#Jonathan_Nicholson\" >Jonathan Nicholson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  No \u2018realistic path\u2019 for vote by Senate on bigger stimulus checks, McConnell says<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Senate_to_focus_on_override_of_Trumps_veto_on_a_separate_defense_policy_bill\"><\/span>\n  Senate to focus on override of Trump\u2019s veto on a separate defense policy bill<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000114788\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Prospects for larger direct payments to Americans from Washington dimmed further on Wednesday, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will not allow a stand-alone vote on the proposal passed by the House on Monday.  <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe Senate is not going to split apart the three issues that President Trump has linked together just because Democrats are afraid to address them,\u201d McConnell said after the Senate began its session, referring to Trump\u2019s support for changing legal protections for internet companies  and investigating what Trump has claimed without any evidence are instances of election fraud.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       McConnell added that the House bill passed Monday, which would boost the check amounts to $2,000 from the $600 included in the $900 billion coronavirus aid package signed by Trump on Sunday, \u201chas no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hardly clear that the federal government\u2019s top priorities should be sending thousands of dollars to, for example, a childless couple making well into six figures who have been comfortably teleworking all year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s stance leaves the Senate on track to work New Year\u2019s Day on an override of Trump\u2019s veto of a separate defense policy bill, which McConnell said the Senate will finish \u201cone way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers could speed up the schedule and avoid working Jan. 1 by reaching an agreement not to object to the override being brought up sooner, but that\u2019s unlikely as Sen. Bernie Sanders, a liberal Vermont independent, and Sen. Josh Hawley, a conservative Missouri Republican, said they would not allow that unless the issue of bigger checks would also get a vote.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI won\u2019t consent on the NDAA and you won\u2019t get a time agreement from me unless we get a vote on the checks in one form or another,\u201d Hawley said  Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Schumer, the leader of the Senate\u2019s Democrats, tried again Wednesday to get agreement to bring up the House bill, which would also expand eligibility for who is counted as a dependent in order to calculate the payments. McConnell again objected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither the Senate takes up and passes the House bill, or struggling American families will not get $2,000 checks during the worst economic crisis in 75 years,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>The public jockeying for position comes as the Senate is running out of time to pass anything at all, with Jan. 3 bringing the convening of the 117th Congress. It also comes against the backdrop of the two Jan. 5 Senate runoff races in Georgia, where a Democratic sweep would hand them control of the chamber when Sen. Kamala Harris becomes vice president and the tie-breaking vote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Trump, for his part, tweeted his continued support of the higher check amounts, a demand he did not bring up during the months of negotiations between House Democrats, Senate Republicans and the White House.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1344272069727555586?s=20\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Unlike the checks issue, the veto override has broad bipartisan support. The vote to start debate on it, a procedural hurdle before potential votes on ending debate and passage, was 80 to 12. After the vote total was announced, McConnell said he would press for a vote to end debate, a motion that under Senate rules would not get a vote until Friday, absent an agreement to speed up the process. Even if that vote is successful, a final passage may not take place until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAs I always say, you can do it the hard way or the easy way. And we frequently choose the hard way,\u201d said Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Jonathan Nicholson\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonathan_Nicholson\"><\/span>Jonathan Nicholson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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