Senator Sanders also pushing another round of stimulus checks. Much smaller checks are being discussed by bipartisan leaders to keep the plan under $900B while still giving hundreds of billions to smaller biz, etc.
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BREAKING: Senator Ron Johnson blocks $1,200 checks for Americans sought by Senator Josh Hawley. Johnson cites the deficit.
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Democratic leaders also back the stimulus checks, but had wanted it to be ON TOP of the $900B bipartisan package.
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Hawley said Sanders would make another effort to send the checks, which are capped so wealthier people don't get them, later today.
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Ron Johnson said that targeted aid to small businesses and people that are suffering makes sense, but said he objected to broad approach, and noted unemployment is 6.7%, which he implied wasn't that high.
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Trump has at various times also talked up more checks, but where is he?
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Flashback to 2017 debate on the Trump tax law, Lee and Rubio tried to shift a bit more of the business tax cuts to kids, but were blockedhttps://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/936605879377461251?s=20 …
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NEW: Senator Ron Johnson just blocked Senator Bernie Sanders' effort to enact $1,200 relief checks. "I'm not heartless," he said. Notes he vote for the CARES Act, but is worried about "mortgaging our children's future." "Let's target it properly."
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Democrats running to make ads for 2022 senate race.
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They should be using this now for Georgia. Many people don't have long term memory.
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Hmm people starving and dying or a deficit that literally does not matter. This is a tough one and I am very smart.
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Yes, a real head scratcher. Should citizens be given their own money in a time of great need, or should we put it in a pile to be shoveled at Jeff Bezos at a later date?
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