Forward Kentucky: McConnell blocks vote on $2,000 checks, wants to add poison pills to the bill
Berry Craig
By Forward Kentucky
Following the House’s passage yesterday of a bill to increase the COVID relief checks from $600 to $2,000, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer asked for an up-or-down vote in the Senate. However, Republican leader Mitch McConnell personally blocked the request. After that happened, Senator Bernie Sanders responded by blocking McConnell’s request for unanimous consent to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.