House Minority Leader Kevin Mark Carth accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats of holding “selective hearings” Wednesday night – President Trump asked Congress to increase the coronavirus stimulus check from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
“They have easily ignored RealDonaldTrump’s call for tax wastage abroad, while many Americans are struggling at home,” McCarthy wrote in a Twitter message. “Republicans will work to put America first.”
In a letter to his fellow Republicans, McCarthy insisted that Republicans try to pass the stimulus bill more than 40 times but failed this week because Pelosi “tried to use the American people as a benefit to build a coronavirus relief force on government funds.” Was – including billions of foreign aid [dollars] At a time when there are urgent needs at home. “
The minority leader wrote that Republicans should follow Trump’s lead and review “how our taxes are overseas spent abroad,” which has plagued the U.S. for nearly a year. Destruction is on.
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“Our government’s priority should be our families, communities and small businesses as we go through this epidemic and rehabilitate our country,” McCarthy wrote.
In a video posted Tuesday night, Trump hurled foreign aid at a bill passed by Congress that included “.5 85.5 million in aid to Cambodia, 4 134 million to Burma” and millions more to other countries, as well as local allocations. Described as “.
“It’s called the Covid Relief Bill, but it has almost nothing to do with Covid,” the president said.
Trump called on Congress to amend the bill, urging lawmakers to cut spending costs so they could send ચેક 2,000 incentive checks to Americans instead of the 600 600 check sought in the bill.
Pelosi, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Democrats, including Bernie Sanders, quickly backed Trump’s ચેક 2,000 check – and they backed down. Pelosi on Wednesday called on the president to urge Republicans to approve the amount of the check by “unanimous vote” in Thursday morning’s vote in the Democrats.
In his letter late Wednesday, McCarthy returned to Pelosi and said Republicans would make a unanimous request – but would instead reject foreign aid approved by Congress.
“The decision on whether he wants to act on behalf of the American people will rest with Speaker Pelosi.”
On Wednesday, Pelosi criticized President Trump for not raising his concerns early in the process as lawmakers negotiated a stimulus package sent to his desk.
Pelosi wrote to the House Democrats, “When you think last night, you saw it all, the president said that the Republic will probably veto the bilateral agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats.”
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“… In bilateral negotiations, Leader Schumer and I have repeatedly asked Republicans what is the largest number the President would accept for direct payments, and they responded with silence like the Sphinx. In negotiations, they never go above $ 600 and in some cases , suggests 500. “
After raising his concerns on Tuesday, the president left for Florida on Wednesday – to help Congress decide whether he would change the package that the president felt had no intention of signing into law.
Tyler Ols of Fox News contributed to this story.
