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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened not to sign a $ 892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be amended to increase the amount. in the stimulus controls.
The threat of the outgoing Republican president, with less than a month remaining in office, puts a bipartisan effort in Congress in crisis to provide aid to people whose lives have been disrupted by the pandemic.
“The bill that they now plan to send to my desk is very different from what was planned,” Trump said in a video posted on Twitter. “It really is a shame.”
Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate passed the legislation Monday night.
Trump said he wants Congress to increase the amount in stimulus checks to $ 2,000 for individuals or $ 4,000 for couples, instead of the “ridiculously low” $ 600 for individuals currently on the bill.
Trump also complained about money in legislation for foreign countries, the Smithsonian Institution and fish farming, among other expenses.
“I also ask Congress to immediately get rid of the unnecessary and wasteful elements of this legislation and send me a proper bill, or else the next administration will have to deliver a COVID relief package. And maybe that administration is me, ”he said.
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