I saw a video where Kelly Loeffler said she would consider raising the checks to $2000, if there is offsetting of some of the pork.
There is the possibility Trump does the pocket veto and the entire bill collapses for now.
Instead of the Democrats voting on a stand alone $2000 bill in the House on Monday, which McConnell could decide to not bring to a vote in the Senate (and by doing so lose both seats in Georgia), why don't we get a bipartisan group to get up, and figure out how to bump the checks up to at least $1200. It will cost another $190 billion, and they should try to offset some of the other moneys, like reduce ppp by 30 billion, another 20 here, 10 there, and perhaps they can figure out that the entire bill should only go up by another 50 billion or so. They can even try to get rid of some D pork, by telling D, that if you want us to get closer to $2000, you need to give in a bit on the pork.
Let them make these quick changes, pass it in both houses, and quickly send it to the president who will sign off on $1200 checks.
Instead they will try to pass a much larger $2000, and offset nothing, thus making Republicans even less likely to take it up in the Senate. We either get nothing from this congress if Trump follows through, or only $600, which the Republicans will end up losing Georgia with, since the Democrats will show that the R's dont want to give money during a pandemic.
Some level headed Republicans should get up and work on some trade ups this weekends, rather than look bad, when the Dems put them on the spot on a standalone bill.