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Tim Kaine: “The $2,000 checks aren't going to the American public, because of the Senate Majority Leader not because of the desires…”

On the recordDecember 29, 2020
The $2,000 checks aren't going to the American public, because of the Senate Majority Leader not because of the desires of either the president or Congress.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine blames McConnell for preventing the passage of $2,000 stimulus checks.

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