Trump and Pelosi-backed plan to get $2,000 stimulus checks for Americans is blocked by Republicans from House vote
REPUBLICANS have blocked the House vote on $2,000 stimulus checks that were pushed by Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi.
GOP members in the House of Representatives blocked the House Speaker’s attempt for more cash on Thursday morning.
Following the news, Pelosi said: “Today, on Christmas Eve morning, House Republicans cruelly deprived the American people of the $2,000 that the President agreed to support.
“If the President is serious about the $2,000 direct payments, he must call on House Republicans to end their obstruction.”
Democrat Ilhan Omar tweeted that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent an email asking for unanimous consent to increase the payments.
In the email, Pelosi reportedly said that she wanted the request to be passed this morning.
However, there may still be hope for the $2,000 checks to be passed next week.
Following the blockage, Pelosi announced that she will bring the House back to hold a “recorded vote” on the bill.
“To vote against this bill is to deny the financial hardship that families face,” she said.
On Wednesday, Pelosi hoped that Trump’s call for $2,000 stimulus checks could have been agreed in just 24 hours, giving Americans a huge Christmas boost.
She urged Trump to sign the relief bill on Wednesday and keep the government open after the president hinted that he would veto the $900billion deal.
The hard-won agreement currently includes $600 checks for individuals – but Trump has said he wants a larger relief payment of $2,000 per person.
Pelosi tweeted “Mr. President, sign the bill to keep government open!” after saying Democrats were ready to bring the stimulus checks discussion to the floor by “unanimous consent.”
“Urge [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell and [House Minority Leader Kevin] McCarthy to agree with the Democratic unanimous consent request for $2,000 direct payments!
“This can be done by noon on Christmas Eve!”
Trump hinted that he would veto the agreed stimulus relief bill in a blistering Twitter address on Tuesday, a day after it was agreed.
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The president complained that the current deal announced by McConnell on Sunday was a “disgrace,” complaining that it had “taken forever.”
Pelosi appeared to call Trump’s bluff, saying “let’s do it!” after months of talks with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Republican Party members calling for a smaller package.
If Trump successfully upped the individual payment to $2,000 for individuals and kept the $600 for child dependents, a family of four could pocket over $5,000.