Trump Uses Impoundment Control Act to Demand Payments Increase to $2,000

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk towards Marine One as they depart the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago, the President's private club, where they will spend Christmas and New Years Eve in Washington on Dec.23, 2020. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump used the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 in a bid to increase the stimulus payment amount to $2,000 and remove “wasteful spending” from the relief bill.

Trump signed the relief bill, which was attached to an omnibus spending measure, on Sunday evening.