President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the COVID-19 relief package that was rushed through Congress the night before, calling it a “disgrace” and saying he wants to see more money going to individuals and small businesses impacted by the virus and less in “wasteful spending.”
He also suggested he may not sign it.
The $900 billion coronavirus relief was rolled in as part of a catch-all spending package totaling $2.3 trillion that covered lawmakers’ unfinished business — but exposed priorities of Congress that caught the eye of the American public.
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In an address to the nation, the president decried the Democrats’ refusal to agree to larger deals on COVID-19 relief that would have delivered more direct assistance to Americans than what was passed following the general election.
“It really is a disgrace,” Trump said of the package that overwhelmingly passed in the Democrat-led House and Republican-controlled Senate. “For example, among the more than 5,000 pages in this bill — which nobody in Congress has read because of its length and complexity — it’s called the COVID relief bill, but it has almost nothing to do with COVID.”
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