Bernie Sanders: No Pentagon Funding Without a Vote on $2,000 Checks

Sanders says he’ll keep senators in Washington — including Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue — on New Year’s Eve unless he gets a vote on more Covid-19 relief money

By: ANDY KROLL 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to force a vote in the U.S. Senate on increasing Covid-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. And he says he willing to hold up a massive defense-spending bill to get that vote.