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Chuck Schumer: “In a moment, I will move to have the Senate take up the house bill to increase that number to $2,000, which I might add…”

On the recordDecember 29, 2020
In a moment, I will move to have the Senate take up the house bill to increase that number to $2,000, which I might add had broad bipartisan support. I don't want to hear that we can't afford it. I don't want to hear that it would add too much to the deficit. Senate Republicans added nearly $2 trillion to the deficit to give corporations a massive tax cut.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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msnbc.com

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Chuck Schumer advocates for increasing COVID relief payments to $2,000.

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