Trump Promotes $5,000 Payments if Republicans Keep Congress
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President Trump often talks about a plan for $5,000 payments. He says this could happen if Republicans keep control of Congress.
Congress is the part of the US government that makes laws. It has two parts. Republicans want to keep power in both parts after the next election.
But not everyone in Trump's party agrees. Chip Roy is a Republican from Texas. He asked a big question about the plan.
Roy asked where the government would get the money. He said the total cost could be more than $1 trillion.
A trillion is a very big number. It is one thousand billion. Many people think this amount of money is very hard to find.
Some Republicans worry the plan is not feasible. Feasible means possible to do in real life.
Trump has not stopped talking about the payments. He keeps mentioning them in public.
No one has said exactly how the government would pay for this plan yet.
Vocabulary15 words
- Congress
- the group that makes laws in the USA
- trillion
- a very, very big number; one thousand billion
- feasible
- possible to do; can really happen
- payment
- money given to someone
- control
- power over something
- plan
- an idea about what to do
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- party
- a group of people with the same political ideas
- election
- when people vote for leaders
- represent
- to speak or act for other people
- afford
- to have enough money for something
- public
- open for everyone to see or hear
- cost
- how much money something needs
- power
- the ability to control things
- question
- to ask if something is true or right
Quiz
Answer key
1. $5,000 payments 2. Chip Roy, a Republican 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
President Trump often talks about a plan for _____ payments.
He says this could happen if Republicans keep control of _____.
Congress is the part of the US government that makes _____.
Chip Roy is a Republican from _____.
He asked a big question about the _____.
Roy asked where the government would get the _____.
He said the total cost could be more than $1 _____.
Some Republicans worry the plan is not _____.
Trump has not stopped talking about the _____.
No one has said exactly how the government would _____ for this plan yet.
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