Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn't yet responded to President Trump demanding Tuesday night that Congress include $2,000 stimulus checks in the coronavirus aid package that it passed on Monday, which included smaller $600 checks for individuals. At the head of the Republican Senate majority, McConnell will be key to whether or not there is any movement on Trump's demands. In fact, Trump explicitly objected to funding for Cambodia, Burma and Egypt in his Monday comments. According to USAID, the Trump administration disbursed aid to all three countries in each previous fiscal year of his presidency. But Trump appeared to confuse the coronavirus deal, which was reached over the weekend, with the government funding provisions, which were negotiated separately.

Source: Fox News December 23, 2020 16:44 UTC