After months of wasting precious time and allowing people to go hungry, congressional Republicans finally agreed to $600 checks to help working folks and families get by.

They also threw in $200 billion in tax breaks for corporations and special interest groups, three martini business lunches, and -- at the direct request of Mitch McConnell -- a commission to oversee horse racing.

Now, Donald Trump is saying folks deserve a clean COVID-19 relief bill and $2,000 in direct payments. I never thought I'd say this, but the truth is -- he's right.

Add your name next to mine calling on Congressional Republicans to support a stand-alone COVID-19 relief bill that includes $2,000 in direct payment:

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While Senate Republicans have sat idly by for the last nine months, COVID-19 has continued to ravage our communities. Millions of people are still unemployed, more small businesses are shuttering every day, and folks are drowning in medical debt -- and if we don't take action now, we could be facing a tidal wave of evictions in the new year.

If we can find money to fund endless wars and give billionaires tax breaks, then we can afford to give working-class people the relief they need and deserve.

We're ready to put $2,000 in the hands of each and every person who needs it -- and to do it the right way.

Our voice is louder when we speak together. Add your name to call on my colleagues in Congress to support a stand-alone relief package that includes $2,000 in direct payments!

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In solidarity,

Ilhan