In a win for his party leaders against him…
Donald Trump gets past his ego and grievances ….
And back’s down….
There will be no government shutdown….
The checks will be for $600…
Trump’s new decision to sign the bill came less than a week after he demanded changes to it. He had suggested he would refuse to sign it into law unless those demands were met. On Tuesday, he referred to the bill as a “disgrace.” It was unclear what prompted him to change his mind late Sunday, but he was under tremendous pressure from Republicans to acquiesce….
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“I understand he wants to be remembered for advocating for big checks, but the danger is he’ll be remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior if he allows this to expire,” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) said on Fox News on Sunday. “So I think the best thing to do, as I [said], sign this and then make the case for subsequent legislation.”
Note….
Conservative Republicans, McConnell and McCarthy get the win….
But Democrats also get some side money they wanted to ge the bill’s thru the House and to give Joe Biden less of a headache starting his admin…
Everybody gets a piece of the pie EXCEPT lame duck Trump , who is gone in 24 days….
The ‘selling point’ made to Trump for his signature?
Sam Stein
@samstein
Trump, in a statement, says he’s secured a commitment from the House and the Senate to look into voter fraud (no clue) and suggests that Senate will consider a bill to send $2k checks out
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Yea Sure Donald….
The end of next month when u ain’t president ?
No mention of Pelosi and Schumer?
No mention of “bipartisanship “ which a couple of weeks ago you were ballyhooing?
You’re a joke.
Biden says he will invoke the Defense Production Act after being sworn in to Boost vaccine production.
Biden has previously stated that getting this virus under control asap is his number one priority .
Until this happens the economy will remain sluggish and other major initiatives will remain in limbo.
Executive orders would be signed, thick pieces of proposed legislation sent to Congress, phone calls placed to foreign leaders, international agreements reentered. New ethics guidelines would be instituted for the White House, and new inspectors general would take up oversight positions…..
WashPost…..