Schumer’s effort, which he announced on Monday night, comes after the House passed the legislation in a bipartisan 275-134 vote, kicking the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate.
“Tomorrow I will move to pass the legislation in the Senate to quickly deliver Americans with $2,000 emergency checks. Every Senate Democrat is for this much-needed increase in emergency financial relief, which can be approved tomorrow if no Republican blocks it – there is no good reason for Senate Republicans to stand in the way,” Schumer said in a statement.
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“There’s strong support for these $2,000 emergency checks from every corner of the country Leader McConnell ought to make sure Senate Republicans do not stand in the way of helping to meet the needs of American workers and families who are crying out for help,” he added.
The House is returning to Washington on Monday, while the Senate will get back in town on Tuesday for a rare year-end, post-Christmas session, capping off the final few days of a chaotic and historic election year.
Congress is poised for its ninth veto override attempt during the Trump administration and will take up at least one of the president’s priorities, back-to-back scenarios that could put a squeeze on GOP lawmakers.
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Trump took a shutdown off the table over the weekend when he announced on Sunday night that he was signing a $2.3 trillion package, which includes $1.4 trillion to fund the government and $900 billion for coronavirus relief, after days of railing against the agreement and sparking fears of a year-end funding lapse in the middle of a pandemic.
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He added that he would treat Biden a hell of a lot better than [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer
Which party will control the Senate next year will be decided by two runoff elections in Georgia scheduled for Jan. 5.
The GOP leader hasn t said how many of Biden s Cabinet picks he would let get through on the first day of the new administration.
Asked last week about Biden s Cabinet hours after he publicly congratulated the former vice president for winning the White House, McConnell demurred. Well, look, our first job here is to try to finish up this session with this administration, and we ll have plenty of time to talk about the way forward, McConnell told reporters.
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He put America first after 126 members of the House Republican Conference signed an anti-American brief calling for the Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election.
“This party has to stand up for democracy first, for our Constitution first and not political considerations, not to protect a candidate, not simply for raw political power,” Mitchell told CNN’s “The Lead.”
The Supreme Court, which includes six Republican-nominated justices, seems to agree with Mitchell. It threw the suit out without comment.
More than 50 cases challenging the election have also been dismissed as baseless in many cases, by Republican judges in state and federal courts.