Buttigieg told ABC “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos
“Look, there s an active conversation going on right now obviously, but the bottom line is we ve got to support as many Americans as we can, as robustly as we can and as quickly as we can. Time is of the essence,” Buttigieg said.
“The bottom line is we’ve got to support as many Americans as we can as robustly as we can, and as quickly as we can,” Sec. Pete Buttigieg says when asked about talks to potentially lower stimulus check eligibility in order to pass COVID-19 relief. https://t.co/ySzpMrCdoapic.twitter.com/ldFm4GoSiW This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 7, 2021
Sunday, January 31, 2021
This Week’s Dose
Congress continued negotiations on another coronavirus (COVID-19) relief bill, and President Biden took a series of executive actions on equity and healthcare.
Congress
Lawmakers Continued Negotiations on Additional COVID-19 Relief. President Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion package that many congressional Democrats support. Though there is bipartisan support for many aspects of the plan, including additional resources for vaccination and testing, many Republicans oppose the overall spending levels and some features of the President’s proposal, including most notably additional stimulus spending and aid for state and local governments. Without Republican support, Biden’s proposal will be unable to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster and advance in the Senate (barring action to end the filibuster, which seems unlikely at this time). Democrats can either narrow the proposal to try to secure biparti
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Date: 27 May 2021