Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote.

The GOP leader said the Senate would “begin a process” to address the issue.

But the next steps are highly uncertain.

Trump has been pushing to more than triple the $600 payments approved by Congress.

The House approved the larger checks, but the issue divides Republicans.

On Tuesday, two Georgia Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, said they support Trump's plan.

They are in the fights of their political lives in runoff elections Jan. 5 that will determine which party controls the Senate.

Trump reluctantly signed a $2 trillion-plus COVID-19 relief and federal spending package that will provide relief for millions of Americans.

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Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, tweeted paper checks will be mailed to Americans on Wednesday, December 30.

He said direct deposit payments are expected to begin as early as Tuesday night and will continue into the next week.