Sen. Pat Toomey pledges to block consent on $2,000 COVID-19 checks

Sen. Pat Toomey objected this week to the push to pass legislation upping the value of stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000.

Toomey (R-Pa.), widely known as a budget and deficit hawk, repeatedly slammed efforts by President Trump, Democrats and some Republicans to increase direct payments on Tuesday.

“Blindly borrowing or printing another two-thirds of a trillion dollars so we can send $2,000 to children, the deceased, and tens of millions of workers who haven’t missed a paycheck, like federal and state employees, is not sound economic policy nor is it something I am willing to support,” Toomey, who will retire after his term ends in 2022, said in a statement.