House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats of "selective hearing" Wednesday night – after President Trump called for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. "It’s called the Covid relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with Covid," the president said. Trump called on Congress to revise the bill, insisting that lawmakers scale back other expenses so they could send stimulus checks of $2,000 to Americans instead of the $600 checks called for in the bill. "It will be up to Speaker Pelosi to decide if she wants to act on behalf of the American people," McCarthy wrote. On Wednesday, Pelosi had criticized President Trump for not voicing his concerns sooner in the process as lawmakers negotiated the stimulus package that they sent to his desk.

Source: Fox News December 24, 2020 06:33 UTC