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The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan faces GOP opposition but the president isn’t backing down.
Here’s what determines how much economic aid Americans will receive in the coming months: pic.twitter.com/GsN1tfR5uR
Senior WH official described the tone of the meeting between Biden and Republicans as very cordial and pointed out that it lasted almost two hours.
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“Biden doesn’t buy GOP’s Covid pitch”:
Ten Senate Republicans attempted to sell President Joe Biden Monday night on a coronavirus relief compromise, even as Biden’s own party made plans to leave the GOP in the dust.
Here’s How the GOP’s Stimulus Package Compares to Biden’s
Ten Senate Republicans released a $618 billion counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package hours before they meet in hopes of finding some common ground, but the two proposals have far more differences than similarities.
The $618 billion package only slightly resembles that of the Biden administration, whose proposal is three times as large and includes bigger stimulus checks for a greater number of people.
“With your support, we believe Congress can once again craft a relief package that will provide meaningful, effective assistance to the American people and set us on a path to recovery,” the group of 10 wrote in a letter to Biden ahead of their meeting.
On COVID relief package, Biden hears Republican contingent out
Biden s meeting with 10 Senate Republicans may not amount to much, but it was a reflection of his approach to political unity.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, depart from a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in his office in Washington on Dec. 3, 2020.Caroline Brehman / CQ Roll Call via AP Images file
Feb. 2, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
A group of 10 Senate Republicans announced over the weekend that they d crafted an alternative COVID relief package, which they hoped Democrats would accept. It was a difficult pitch to take seriously: the blueprint, touted by one-fifth of the Senate Republican conference, was obviously too meager to be effective.
Republican senators, President Biden rightly seek accord on coronavirus relief package (Editorial)
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Negotiations of any sort will never bear fruit unless all parties involved are ready to compromise, willing to give a little to get a little. And the talks make sense only if everyone is working toward the same goal.
Consider the simplest, real-world example: A pair of coworkers discussing where to have lunch won’t ever be able to reach accord if one of them isn’t actually intending to eat until dinnertime.
Ten Senate Republicans who produced a coronavirus relief package that is roughly one-third the size of the $1.9 trillion measure proposed by President Joe Biden went to the White House on Monday to talk. Even before the confab, the administration said that Biden wouldn’t be making any sort of a counteroffer at their meeting.
Led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), 10 senate republicans wrote to President Biden on Sunday, outlining a counter-proposal to his coronavirus relief legislation.