Pelosi responds to Trump's request for $2,000 stimulus checks: 'Let's do it!'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) quickly let President Trump know that if he really wants a coronavirus relief bill that includes $2,000 direct payments to Americans, she's ready to help make it happen.

On Tuesday evening, Trump blasted the $900 billion economic relief package passed by Congress on Monday night, calling the measure a "disgrace." Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushed for $600 stimulus checks, an amount Trump said was "ridiculously low." The president did not participate in the negotiations, and suggested he won't sign the bill until it is amended to include checks worth $2,000.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.