As Romney Quibbles on COVID Relief Bill, Progressives Urge Biden to Move Swiftly
Sen. Mitt Romney attends a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on January 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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With Covid-19 killing thousands of people each day in the U.S. and the economy still mired in deep recession, progressives are calling on President Joe Biden and the Democrat-controlled Congress to abandon futile outreach to the GOP and push ahead with a robust relief package after a pair of so-called “moderate” Republican senators voiced skepticism Wednesday about passing another major spending bill.