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McConnell: Senate to Address Trump’s Concern Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks Later This Week
by Jack Phillips

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said the upper chamber will address President Donald Trump’s concerns about higher stimulus payments and Section 230 later this week—coming after McConnell blocked unanimous consent on the higher stimulus check amount.

“This week, the Senate will begin a process to bring these three priorities into focus,” McConnell said on the floor.

The majority leader noted that Trump “highlighted three additional issues of national significance he would like to see Congress tackle together,” including “further direct financial support for American households.” Trump last week said he wanted to see Americans get paid $2,000 instead of $600 in stimulus payments.

“Second is the growing willingness on both sides of the aisle to at least reexamine the special legal protections afforded to technology companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, including the ways it benefits some of the most prosperous, most powerful Big Tech firms,” McConnell added.

Trump took issue with the recent defense spending bill, opting to veto it last week because it did not include changes to Section 230.

And for weeks, Trump has said that the election was fraught with voter fraud that needs to be addressed and investigated, adding that he is the rightful winner of the Nov. 3 contest. Election integrity issues will be addressed this week as well, McConnell said.

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