This is Reverend Robin in Des Moines, Iowa, setting up my sanctuary for our virtual Christmas Eve service.

This podcast was recorded at...

It is 12.45 Eastern on Wednesday, December 23rd, or Christmas Eve Eve, which is not a thing, but I like to think about it that way.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but we will still be lighting our candles and singing.

Do they sing? Oh, we don't get to hear the singing.

I was hoping for the work and how much more organ music do we have. Can we listen to that?

I need some holiday spirit music right now.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro. I cover the Biden transition.

I'm a Shoraska. I cover the White House.

I'm Deer Drowalsch, congressional editor.

And speaking of holiday cheer, after seven months of Royal and Congressional negotiations, Congress passed a landmark relief deal.

Everybody got on the same page. This seemed to be a problem that was solved.

And then, last night, President Trump sent a tweet.

The bill they are now planning to send back to my desk is much different than anticipated.

It really is a disgrace.

So, Aisha, this was not an explicit veto threat, but it kind of was.

And the president made this after the bill had already been passed. What exactly does he want here?

Yes. So, the president is asking for, explicitly asking for bigger payments, stimulus payments for individuals, $2,000 for individuals, $4,000 for couples.

He also said he wanted the tax break that was brought back in this bill to last for longer than what is in the bill right now.

This tax break is known as the three-martini lunch tax break by critics who say that it benefits executives more than it will benefit struggling restaurants.

But those are some of the things. And he also raised these concerns about other things being in the bill, not seemingly acknowledging that this isn't just a COVID relief package, but this is a spending bill.

The relief package is coupled with the spending bill that funds the entire government, right?

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