Republicans and Democrats have been in favor of increasing the payments to Americans from $600 to $2,000 but Democrats want to keep their pet projects in it.
“What the president is saying is, make America first,” he said. “Bring America — make America the priority, so stop funding foreign projects in a Covid relief bill, knock that out, and take that money and use it to … give the American people a $2,000 check. If Nancy Pelosi does that, I think she’ll get overwhelming Republican support. She’ll certainly have my support, but just to add a $2,000 payment instead of a $600 payment to the pork that’s in the bill is just unacceptable.”
His comments came in the same week that President Donald Trump demanded that Congress the $600 to $2,000 stimulus check to help Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Send me a suitable bill or else the next administration will have to deliver a COVID relief package and maybe that administration will be me and we will get it done,” he said.
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