CASH Act passed the House

The House on Monday passed legislation that would increase the amount of direct payments in the recently signed coronavirus relief package from $600 to $2,000.

The bill passed in a 275-134 vote, with support from 44 Republicans.

  The Hill

Will McConnell put it to a vote in the Senate?

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a member of Senate Republican leadership, said last week that he didn’t think a bill to increase the stimulus checks to $2,000 could pass in the upper chamber.

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Trump brought up Monday’s previously planned House vote in his statement over the weekend and said the Senate would “start the process” for a vote that would increase the size of the direct payments to $2,000. However, a statement from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued Sunday made no mention of a Senate vote.

I don't see how he can survive if he doesn't bring it up.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) said Monday he would try to pass the House measure on Tuesday. His attempt is likely to be thwarted by Republicans, despite support from some GOP senators.

They'll pay. And perhaps with losses in the Georgia runoff. Since Trump supported the $2,000 checks, Trump supporters will support it. Not to mention, a lot of Trump supporters - maybe most of them - desperately need it.

Monday's bill in the House, known as the CASH Act, would increase the size of payments for both eligible adults and children from $600 to $2,000. Individuals with income of up to $75,000 and married couples with income up to $150,000 would be eligible for the full amount. The amounts would decrease above those income thresholds.

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Republicans generally opposed the bill, expressing concerns about its impact on the deficit and arguing that the checks would not be well targeted.

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The bill would also allow adult dependents, such as college students, disabled adults and elderly relatives, to be eligible for both $2,000 payments and the $500 payments authorized by the CARES Act in March.

The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated that the bill would cost about $464 billion. That’s on top of the $164 billion estimated cost of the $600 payments.

Still peanuts.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning to slow down the Senate's vote on overriding President Trump's veto of a mammoth defense policy bill unless leadership agrees to hold a vote on increasing the amount of recently passed coronavirus relief checks from $600 to $2,000.

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"This week on the Senate floor Mitch McConnell wants to vote to override Trump's veto of the $740 billion defense funding bill and then head home for the New Year. I'm going to object until we get a vote on legislation to provide a $2,000 direct payment to the working class," Sanders tweeted.

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Sanders can't ultimately prevent the Senate from voting on whether to override Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which initially passed the Senate earlier this month in a 84-13 vote, with Sanders voting "no" at the time.

But McConnell is likely to have to move to break a rare filibuster of the veto override effort, forcing it to overcome a 60-vote procedural hurdle and delaying a final vote on Trump's veto message for days until later this week. The veto override will ultimately need a two-thirds vote to pass the Senate.

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"I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need," [Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)] tweeted.

  The Hill

Go for it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 12/29: