Democrats held up economic relief bill until language blocking money to Trump's businesses was added
Senate Democrats held up a $2 trillion economic relief bill in response to the coronavirus because Republicans tried to omit language restricting the amount of money President Trump's businesses would receive as part of the deal, according to a report.
The two parties had a deal in place to include language that would place strict limits on the Trump's Organization's access to the economic relief funds, but the language was not included in the language of the bill presented to Senate Democrats on Wednesday night
“We told Republicans it was unacceptable to omit strict prohibitions on Trump businesses having access to the Treasury lending, as well as critical transparency measures, and that we would hold up the bill until they included them in the final text,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the outlet. “They relented, and these important accountability provisions were successfully added to the final bill.”
The Senate unanimously passed the legislation late Wednesday night, mostly earning praise from lawmakers in both parties and their leaders, who said the sweeping bill will address the most serious of the economic and health consequences of the coronavirus outbreak with a huge injection of federal dollars and lending capacity.