A group of GOP senators will meet with President Biden on Monday after setting up their own coronavirus relief framework.
“We appreciate the President’s quick response to our letter, and we are pleased to accept his invitation to the White House tomorrow afternoon to discuss the way forward for the sixth dual aid package Covid-19,” the GOP senators said in a joint statement. statement said.
The group includes GOP Sens. Susan Collins
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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Earlier Sunday, GOP senators set out their own coronavirus framework that Cassidy had invested about $ 600 billion – less than a third of the $ 1.9 billion plan Biden offered.
The GOP proposal would include $ 1,000 checks, while Democrats are pushing for $ 1,400 checks. It also includes more money for vaccines, extends unemployment benefits and includes things like nutritional assistance, small business assistance and money for schools and childcare.
The IDP letter comes as Democrats this week are ready to move to pass a final bill on coronavirus relief through reconciliation, a budget process that will enable them to avoid a 60-vote legislative filibuster in the Senate.
The House will vote this week on the budget resolution, which will include instructions for drafting the coronavirus bill, with the Senate hoping to follow quickly. Democrats hope to approve the coronavirus bill by mid-March, when unemployment benefits expire.
But Republicans showed no signs of supporting a $ 1.9 billion bill after Congress passed an additional $ 900 billion in coronavirus relief late last year – the fifth package Congress has adopted.
Instead, GOP senators in their letter encouraged Biden to work with them on a proposal that they believe would be predicted by Congress if he supported it.
“The proposal we have put forward is mindful of these efforts from the past, while also recognizing the priorities that currently require additional support,” the IDP senators wrote.
“With your support, we believe that Congress can once again draw up an emergency relief package that will provide meaningful, effective assistance to the American people and put us on a path to recovery,” they added.
Democrats have a slim margin in both chambers, and progressive people, who see $ 1.9 billion as the minimum spending on Congress, are likely to go for a significantly lower price.
In addition to speaking to Collins, Psaki said Biden also speaks to the house speaker Nancy Pelosi
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“He is grateful that Congress is ready to start with the U.S. rescue plan just in its second full week in office,” she said.
Psaki also gave no indication that Biden is considering abandoning its $ 1.9 billion proposal for a smaller plan.
“The U.S. bailout plan … is in dire need. As leading economists have said, the danger is not in doing too much; it’s going into doing too little,” she added.
The White House invitation also comes as Schumer, in talks with reporters in New York, reiterated his warning that Democrats are willing to continue without Republicans if they do not support a “courageous” plan.
‘We intend to move forward. We hope we can continue the cooperation of our Republican colleagues in a dual way. But we need great, bold action, and if we cannot continue with it, we will have to continue on our own. It is the most important priority to do the job in a brave way, ‘he added.
Schumer also looked cool with the GOP proposal and told the New York Daily News that Republicans “should negotiate.”
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