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EYES EMOJI: OPPO RESEARCH UNDERWAY IN GUV S RACE No Republicans have said they re running for governor in 2022, but a national GOP group is already gathering intel on a Democratic candidate.
GOP pitches Biden on bipartisan Covid-19 package
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Republicans are hoping to sell President Joe Biden on an alternative Covid-19 relief plan less than a third of the size of his $1.9 trillion proposal. A group of Senate Republicans is meeting with Biden to kick off fresh bipartisan negotiations on the next coronavirus relief bill, our Burgess Everett reports even as Democratic leaders say they intend to push through their massive relief package to Biden’s desk via budget reconciliation, which would be filibuster-proof and wouldn’t require a single GOP vote.
December 17, 2020 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
President-elect Joe Bidenâs cabinet picks are beginning to work through the confirmation process in the Republican-controlled Senate as transition officials and Democrats press to avoid delays in putting key people in place amid the pandemic.
Despite the still simmering rancor of the election and President Donald Trumpâs refusal so far to recognize the outcome, some Senate committees are moving ahead on vetting nominees, potentially leading to some being confirmed on Inauguration Day or shortly afterward.
The Senate Finance Committee sent questionnaires Tuesday to Janet Yellen, the former Federal Reserve chair whom Biden has chosen to be Treasury secretary, and Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general tapped to run the Department of Health and Human Services, said Ashley Schapitl, a spokeswoman for ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).