WASHINGTON (AFP) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Donald Trump as 'shameful' on Wednesday (April 15) after it emerged that the president's name will be printed on stimulus cheques, potentially delaying payments to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Donald Trump as"shameful" on Wednesday after it emerged that the president's name will be printed on stimulus cheques, potentially delaying payments to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis.
The unprecedented Treasury order could delay the cheque process by a few days, The Washington Post reported late on Tuesday, citing senior Internal Revenue Service officials. Other Democratic lawmakers and members of the public joined in the criticism online, some attacking Trump for politicising an election-year crisis."Well I don't know too much about it but I understand my name is there," Trump said.
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