Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) said on Wednesday that she would consider supporting the push to increase the COVID-19 stimulus payment from $600 to $2,000. Loeffler, who is fighting to keep her seat in the upcoming Georgia run-off election, told reporters during a campaign event that she supports efforts to redirect “wasteful spending” to families and businesses, adding that if the $2,000 direct payments achieve that, she would be open to supporting it. “I’ll certainly look at supporting it if it repurposes wasteful spending toward that, yes,” Loeffler said. This comes as both houses of Congress are considering whether to revisit their $2.3 trillion omnibus spending and pandemic relief bill following President Donald Trump’s threat to veto it unless the direct stimulus checks were increased to $2,000 per individual. In a video message on Tuesday night, the president criticized Congress’s move to pass a mammoth spending measure, which includes a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package, that …