President Donald Trump again demanded that Congress increase direct payments and get rid of non-pandemic-related measures in the latest stimulus bill. “Increase payments to the people, get rid of the ‘pork,'” Trump wrote early on Sunday morning, again posting his video announcing he would likely veto the stimulus package. Since then, the president has repeatedly called for $2,000 direct payments to individuals—rather than the $600 that was approved by lawmakers earlier this month. Since negotiations restarted in the late summer, Trump has repeatedly called for at least $1,200 payments, saying that it was the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) fault for failing to contain the virus and misleading the rest of the world about it. In another tweet, the president suggested that Congress could pass a measure that provides $4,000 for a couple along with $2,000 payments to children. The CARES Act in March authorized $1,200 payments to Americans and $500 …
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