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| 12.27.20

Trump Signs Stimulus and Government Spending Bill Into Law - But Requests Modifications
Do you support changes to the COVID-19 relief package?
by Causes | 12.27.20
What's the story?
- President Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law.
- However, the president added a caveat: that he's only signing it "with a strong message that makes clear to Congress that wasteful items need to be removed. I will send back to Congress a redlined version, item by item, accompanied by the formal rescission request to Congress insisting that those funds be removed from the bill."
- Congress is not required to honor this request.
What does Trump want changed?
- The president ended his statement saying:
- Last week, the president called for Congress to increase the size of stimulus checks in the coronavirus relief bill to $2000, a demand which was blocked by House Republicans.
- Also last week, Trump followed through with his threat to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2021 for, among other reasons, not including reforms to liability protections (the aforementioned "Section 230") for social media companies.
-Josh Herman
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