The irony of that $600.00 peanut is that Donald Trump just gave an enormous gift to the Democrats, and like the strategic hawk she is, Nancy Pelosi pounced all over it.
Long before Trump, PROgressive Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) in the House had already proposed the $2,000.00 direct stimulus to individuals. Pelosi, more moderate, was not able to push for that amount, but did try hard to get a direct payment of $1,200.00.
Mitch McConnell in the Senate, and Steve Mnuchin supposedly representing Trump, rejected even that lower amount, and held out for a measly $600 per individual. It is likely McConnell would have been glad to prevent any payment at all, since he had been sitting on reforms that Democrats had passed months ago, except that Democratic senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock in the Georgia senate runoff were hammering Republican opponents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler with the warning that if Georgians wanted any relief, they should vote Democratic (if Democrats take both seats McConnell loses his position as Senate Majority Leader).
So as soon as the senate passed the meager $600 payment, on the assurance that Trump would sign in, Perdue and Loeffler began running ads touting their vote for it, as little as it was.
It quickly became apparent that their boasting was quite a bit premature.
The irony of that $600.00 peanut is that Donald Trump just gave an enormous gift to the Democrats, and like the strategic hawk she is, Nancy Pelosi pounced all over it.
Long before Trump, PROgressive Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) in the House had already proposed the $2,000.00 direct stimulus to individuals. Pelosi, more moderate, was not able to push for that amount, but did try hard to get a direct payment of $1,200.00.
Mitch McConnell in the Senate, and Steve Mnuchin supposedly representing Trump, rejected even that lower amount, and held out for a measly $600 per individual. It is likely McConnell would have been glad to prevent any payment at all, since he had been sitting on reforms that Democrats had passed months ago, except that Democratic senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock in the Georgia senate runoff were hammering Republican opponents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler with the warning that if Georgians wanted any relief, they should vote Democratic (if Democrats take both seats McConnell loses his position as Senate Majority Leader).
So as soon as the senate passed the meager $600 payment, on the assurance that Trump would sign in, Perdue and Loeffler began running ads touting their vote for it, as little as it was.
It quickly became apparent that their boasting was quite a bit premature.