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Trump's $2,000 checks all but dead as GOP Senate refuses aid

by Lisa Mascaro
| December 30, 2020 9:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks all but died Wednesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed an alternative approach of loading up the bill with other White House priorities that appeared destined to fail.

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