Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said a standalone bill that approves $2,000 stimulus payments should be passed during the next session of Congress. “I’d like a stand-alone vote in the new Congress on the $2,000 check,” the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee told Fox News on Thursday. “We have seven Republicans who have already said they would vote for it. We need five more.” Graham said that liability protections for social media firms like Facebook and Twitter should be repealed. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Graham, however, said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should provide a “standalone vote in the new Congress after Jan. 3 on all three measures,” which would include the $2,000 payment bill, repealing Section 230, and creating a commission to investigate election fraud. McConnell earlier this week rolled all three provisions into one bill. Democrats, who said they would support only the …
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Next Congress Should Vote on Standalone Bill on $2,000 Payments
December 31, 2020
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