President Trump is balking at massive legislation that includes $900 billion for coronavirus relief and a $1.4 trillion spending bill, but Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., thinks Trump should just sign it despite his gripes. Toomey said that he, too, has problems with the legislation, but enhanced unemployment benefits expired Saturday and he believes the need for relief outweighs any drawbacks. I think we need another round of the loans, which were really grants to small businesses," Toomey said, noting that "time’s running out." While the senator defended the pardon of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Toomey said the others appeared to be a "misuse" of presidential pardon power. Toomey recognized that the pardons were constitutional, but said he believes some of them were "a misuse of the power."

Source: Fox News December 27, 2020 15:06 UTC