Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday blocked an attempt to pass the bill that would increase stimulus checks to $2,000, a day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) did the same. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked for unanimous consent to approve the CASH Act, which would boost the checks by $1,400. Cornyn objected. “This is not about helping the people that need it the most. This is about helping millionaires and billionaires and people who, frankly, have not suffered the hardship economically that others have during this pandemic,” Cornyn said. The CASH Act has caps. For instance, checks would not go to any families making $350,000 or more, which the Texan noted before saying the legislation also doesn’t differentiate between people who have been receiving a paycheck during the pandemic and people who lost their jobs. Markey had said the $2,000 checks would help struggling American families. “Americans need support. …