By Sin����ad Baker
Business Insider
December 23, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is under pressure after President Donald Trump called for larger stimulus checks.
McConnell has for months led Republican efforts to limit spending in a COVID-19 stimulus package.
After lawmakers reached a hard-fought compromise this week, Trump undermined his own party by calling for $2,000 checks instead of $600 ones.
Democrats sided with the president. McConnell now has to cave or stand firm and justify denying larger payments to Americans.