Senate passes stimulus bill, sends
to Trump for signature
by
Steven Nelson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
12/22/2020 3:04:24 AM
The Senate on Monday night approved a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and sent it to President Trump for his signature.The legislation — which follows passage in the House — authorizes $600 stimulus checks for people who earn less than $75,000 per year and an extra $600 payment per child. The bill contains a weekly unemployment insurance supplement of $300 and also has $284.4 billion in Paycheck Protection Program of loans that are forgivable for small businesses.It allocates $82 billion for schools and colleges, $40 billion for vaccine distribution and virus testing, $25 billion in rental assistance and $15 billion for live entertainment venues.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MissMann 12/22/2020 3:14:40 AM (No. 638424)
I really hope he vetoes it! It's full of pork, including lots for non-Americans, puts limits on border fences, etc., and Americans seem to get the short end of the stick. Insist on a clean bill, Mr. President!
27 people like this.
Veto the Bill. Our money and we are so far down the list, we don't matter.
28 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
watashiyo 12/22/2020 3:41:05 AM (No. 638431)
Instead of giving those billions to "foreign whatever for" and give it to the American taxpayers. It's their money!
14 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
bassman 12/22/2020 5:08:30 AM (No. 638448)
If Trump signs this bill I'm done with all of them. What are we fighting for if they are all the same? Here I am glued to the news everyday stressing about whether Trump can stay in or not, for what? Might as well let the Chinese have it, they will probably do a better job!!
8 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
BarryNo 12/22/2020 5:26:29 AM (No. 638460)
Veto it.
Make them all, own it.
Then we will make them PAY for it.
13 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
John C 12/22/2020 5:56:40 AM (No. 638469)
In 10 years, I haven't wasted my time contacting Senators Warren and Markey. This morning I wasted my time. MA legislature does the same thing, wait for the last moment and try to shove it through with a voice vote.
8 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
mifla 12/22/2020 6:21:05 AM (No. 638477)
Future generations getting screwed over big time.
7 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 12/22/2020 6:29:40 AM (No. 638483)
Veto it, Mr. President. Please.
23 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 12/22/2020 6:36:24 AM (No. 638489)
I can remember when the National debt was only a couple of trillion and folks back then were concerned we could never pay that off. Fast forward 30 years and we find ourselves in a hole so deep you can no longer even see the sun at mid day. Somewhere down the road there will be a reckoning for all of this and it won’t be pretty. There is not enough printing press ink in the entire world to put this right.
5 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 12/22/2020 7:07:45 AM (No. 638505)
Porkulus all over again! Veto this Mr. President!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 12/22/2020 7:19:30 AM (No. 638516)
He should veto it. That amount of money is ridiculous. Just open up the economy and we can take care of ourselves without the government.
14 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
4Justice 12/22/2020 7:38:14 AM (No. 638534)
Please VETO!! Pork for all kinds of stupid, and mostly foreign, interests and giant multinationals.... nothing for small business and a lousy $600 for people who can't even go to work because of shut downs.
14 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
privateer 12/22/2020 7:46:28 AM (No. 638542)
If a 2 year-old child gets $600, why does a (formerly) working adult---with mortgage, insurance and tax payments etc.---only get $600?
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Lake Dweller 12/22/2020 8:15:22 AM (No. 638571)
Agree with other patriots on this thread. Veto it!
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Yuban 12/22/2020 8:18:09 AM (No. 638574)
First of all, just how important is it to have a Republican led Senate when they pass a Democrat bill? Second, the POTUS can make up for all the terrible choices he has made in hiring if he chooses to VETO this Democratic bill. If he does not VETO this bill, then just how important is it to have a Republican as POTUS? No Conservative, no Patriot, no MAGA individual. no sane person could possibly vote for this bill. Mr Trump, do not ruin all the good work you have done. VETO the bill and keep us on your side.
10 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
walcb 12/22/2020 8:23:00 AM (No. 638586)
As a retired person, why should I get a check for $600, the Rona has had no effect on my financial status?
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Peach1 12/22/2020 8:26:26 AM (No. 638589)
Veto the bill, require all businesses reopen and no masks required. Then watch the economy soar again!
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 12/22/2020 8:41:18 AM (No. 638611)
$2.3 thousand billion? What's the big deal?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/22/2020 9:00:06 AM (No. 638631)
President Trump ought to throw a huge monkey wrench into the mix...ITEM VETO all the Democrap graft but Approve all the items FOR THE CITIZENS! Let the Crooks put that in their Pot Pipe and take a few wiffs!
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/22/2020 9:00:25 AM (No. 638632)
Trump should be in a mood right now to shred all 5000 pages and drop the pile of confetti on Pelosi's desk.
5 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
felixcat 12/22/2020 9:00:48 AM (No. 638633)
It is now December and the covid scam lockdowns have been in place since March so how is $600 going to help a family who has lost everything? And the last cover relief bill, Rep Ilhan Omar's husband's consulting company got PPP. This is all a joke.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Pearson365 12/22/2020 9:06:15 AM (No. 638644)
Obama needed 8 years to add $10 trillion to our national debt. Tump just needed 4 years to do the same. National debt will exceed $28 trillion when Tump departs his stolen office, up from $18 trillion when Lord Obama left. So please, President Trump, make your final veto memorable by rejecting this horribly wasteful bill.
4 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 12/22/2020 9:38:06 AM (No. 638679)
After reading some of the pork oozing out of this bill, I'd have him veto it.
3 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Anti_democRAT 12/22/2020 10:04:44 AM (No. 638726)
Thank you XI.
0 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
stablemoney 12/22/2020 10:25:12 AM (No. 638753)
Why would any Republican vote for this bill? The citizens of this country have no one to rely upon. Trump should veto this Democrat monstrosity.
2 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Venturer 12/22/2020 1:19:28 PM (No. 638982)
Veto it.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
DVC 12/22/2020 3:56:01 PM (No. 639155)
Please veto this bill, Mr. President. It would be the right thing to do.
0 people like this.
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