Trump claims he’s working behind the scenes to push for more stimulus checks

[Andy Meek]

• President Trump in a new interview has called on Congress to approve funding for a round of new stimulus checks "right now."
• In an interview with Fox News, Trump blamed the lack of action on new stimulus checks on Democrats.
• A $908 billion compromise stimulus bill emerged in Congress earlier this month, but it didn't include funding for a new wave of stimulus checks. Senators are still pushing to include that benefit in any legislation passed before the end of the year.

The end of 2020 is, thankfully, fast-approaching -- a deadline that's putting congressional leaders in a bit of a bind as they race to try and finish work that needs to be done on major legislation before the holidays.

One monumental task still confronting lawmakers has to do with the passage of another coronavirus relief package that may or may not include funding for new stimulus checks. President Trump, for his part, used the occasion of a new TV interview following his November 3 re-election loss to call for new stimulus checks "right now" and to lay the blame for their continued absence at the feet of, who else, Democrats. "Right now, I want to see checks -- for more money than they're talking about -- going to people," Trump said during an interview with Brian Kilmeade of Fox News that aired on Sunday. "I'm pushing it very hard, and to be honest with you, if the Democrats really wanted to do the deal, they'd do the deal."

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