GOP congressman spurns $2,000 checks benefiting ‘government bureaucrats’

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Republican Rep. Tom McClintock blasted the proposal for $2,000 coronavirus stimulus checks, saying that employed government bureaucrats would get the money and warning that “this free money doesn’t come from heaven.”

The California congressman spoke on the House floor on Monday ahead of the chamber voting on a measure to increase the amount provided by coronavirus relief checks, included in a bill that President Trump signed on Sunday, from $600 to $2,000.

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