Politics Trump suggests he may not sign COVID-19 relief package unless stimulus is increased to $2,000

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has threatened to torpedo Congress' massive COVID-19 relief and year-end package, upending a hard-fought compromise in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty by demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.

Trump assailed the bipartisan $900 billion bill and broader government funding package in a video he tweeted out Tuesday night and suggested he may not sign the legislation. That revives threats of a federal government shutdown. He called on lawmakers to increase direct payments for most Americans from $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Trump in a Wednesday tweet to "sign the bill to keep government open!"

Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues "the entire country knows that it is urgent for the President to sign this bill."


Read more here. (ABC)
 
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