David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both announced Tuesday that they support an effort to amend the recently passed omnibus spending bill to increase direct payments for Americans under a certain income level from $600 to $2,000. Perdue and Loeffler were under increased pressure from their Democratic opponents Jon Ossoff and Rev. Perdue was up on the air with an ad about the aid package the morning after the legislation was passed. Trump, however, put their victory lap on hold when he surprised both Republicans and Democrats by threatening to not sign the bill and demanding the payments be increased. The two Democrats in Georgia quickly pounced on Trump's move -- agreeing the payments in the initial package were too low and calling on their GOP opponents to support the move to $2,000.

Source: CNN December 29, 2020 17:03 UTC