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McConnell thwarts Trump bid for $2,000 virus relief checks

McConnell thwarts Trump bid for $2,000 virus relief checks

SUSAN CORNWELL and DAVID MORGAN U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell has dealt a likely death blow to President Donald Trump's bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans, declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to $2,000 from $600. McConnell said on the Senate floor that a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which sought to meet fellow Republican Trump's demands for bigger checks, "has no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate." McConnell, who controls the Senate's agenda and opposes the increase in aid, had introduced a competing bill combining the…
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Republican U.S. Senate leader urges support for Trump’s massive UAE arms sale

Republican U.S. Senate leader urges support for Trump’s massive UAE arms sale

PATRICIA ZENGERLE THE U.S. Senate's Republican leader has urged lawmakers to vote against a resolution, expected as soon as this week, to block President Donald Trump's $23 billion arms sale to the United Arab Emirates, which he called a crucial partner in the first against terrorists. "It's a little baffling to suggest that, now of all times, a protest gesture with no chance of obtaining a veto-proof majority is a valuable use of the Senate's time. But above and beyond that, the strategic realities dictate that Congress should not stand in the way of this sale," Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
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