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'Remember, it was China's fault!': President Trump continues to push for higher relief payments

President Trump has not yet signed the massive Covid-relief-spending bill that was passed by Congress before Christmas and flown to Mar-a-Lago for his signature which means federal unemployment assistance has expired for around 14 million Americans:

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The president is encouraging Congress to go back and increase the relief payments:

As well as “get rid of the ‘pork'”:

Nobody seems to have any idea what comes next:

A government shutdown could happen on Monday night if the bill isn’t signed by then:

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But it sounds like Republicans are OK with possibly increasing the amount of they’re targeted at those who need it most:

All this could have political repercussions in Georgia as voting is underway right now for the Senate runoff elections on January 5:

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