Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said the upper chamber will address President Donald Trump’s concerns about higher stimulus payments and Section 230 later this week—coming after McConnell blocked unanimous consent on the higher stimulus check amount. “This week, the Senate will begin a process to bring these three priorities into focus,” McConnell said on the floor. The majority leader noted that Trump “highlighted three additional issues of national significance he would like to see Congress tackle together,” including “further direct financial support for American households.” Trump last week said he wanted to see Americans get paid $2,000 instead of $600 in stimulus payments. “Second is the growing willingness on both sides of the aisle to at least reexamine the special legal protections afforded to technology companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, including the ways it benefits some of the most prosperous, most powerful Big …
McConnell: Senate to Address Trump’s Concern Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks Later This Week
December 29, 2020
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