$2,000 Stimulus Checks Dead as Democrats Give Away Leverage on Defense Bill
President Trump’s request for $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks is essentially dead after Senate Democrats on Friday gave up on using a $740 billion defense bill as leverage.
The Senate easily cleared the 60 vote threshold to proceed to a vote on making the defense bill law over Trump’s veto.
Democrats led by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had used the override vote as a last stand in favor of the $2,000 checks, which passed the House on Monday.
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