What is Mitch McConnell’s net worth?
MITCH McConnell, who is 78, is the Senate Majority Leader and one of the most powerful people in Washington.
McConnell blocked a push by Democrats to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 Covid-19 relief checks up for a vote.
Who is Mitch McConnell?
McConnell is only the second Kentuckian to ever serve as Majority Leader in the US Senate and is the longest-serving Senate Republican Leader in the country’s history.
He has been called “the most conservative leader of either party in the history of the Senate” and has also earned a reputation as a “master tactician,” according to his online bio.
McConnell is married to Secretary Elaine Chao, the US Secretary of Transportation, and he has three daughters.
He was first elected to the Senate in 1984.
What is Mitch McConnell’s net worth?
The longtime lawmaker has a net worth of about $30million.
What did Mitch McConnell say about the stimulus checks?
McConnell blocked the Democrats from bringing the bigger Covid-19 relief checks up for a vote, saying on December 29 that the chamber would “begin a process” to address the issue.
The relief bill had been passed by the House one day earlier.
McConnell addressed Trump’s statement that called for not only larger checks but also new curbs on tech companies and an investigation into the election, according to The Washington Post.
“Those are the three important subjects the president has linked together,” McConnell said, according to the newspaper.
“This week the Senate will begin a process to bring these three priorities into focus.”
Trump slammed McConnell’s block as a “death wish” for the Republican party.
The president tweeted: “Unless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000 payments ASAP. $600 IS NOT ENOUGH!
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“Also, get rid of Section 230 – Don’t let Big Tech steal our Country, and don’t let the Democrats steal the Presidential Election. Get tough!”
Trump’s last-minute push for bigger checks divides Republicans, who are split between those who align with Trump and those who adhere to what had been more traditional conservative views against government spending.
Congress had settled on smaller $600 payments in a compromise over the big year-end relief bill Trump reluctantly signed into law.
There have been more than 19 million coronavirus cases in the US with 330,000 deaths.