Negotiations continued on Wednesday afternoon as Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate continued to argue about the increase to $2,000 per adult for stimulus packages. Republicans objected to the outright vote on it and during arguments Senator Dick Durbin pushed the Senate to not talk around the issue and just vote.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell along with other Republicans stressed that the amount was too large, stressing about the deficit that this hit would take on the economy. Senator Durbin continued by saying that there are families that have to use food banks through no fault of their own.

Texas Senator John Cornyn asked for the bill to be combined with Section 230 of the Communications Act. Right now there is a provision in the Communications Decency Act that gives legal protection to social media companies. President Trump has spoke at great lengths against Section 230. 

The bill was not voted on.