https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure United States Politics and Government, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (2020), Stimulus (Economic), Federal Budget (US), United States Economy, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Unemployment Senator Mitch McConnell instead provided vague assurances that the Senate would “begin the process” of discussing the checks and two other issues that the president demanded lawmakers address. BY CATIE EDMONDSON https://ift.tt/3rGR6cH December 30, 2020 at 06:10AM