Wednesday, December 30, 2020

McConnell rules out separate Senate vote on $2000 stimulus cheques


The top Republican in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, says there won't be a separate vote on increasing coronavirus stimulus cheques to $2000.

A bill that would do so has been passed by the House of Representatives but it's not made any progress in the Senate.

Our Washington correspondent Giles Gibson reports.

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