A group of ten Republican senators working with President Biden
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The ten lawmakers issued a joint statement earlier in the day to dismiss criticism of Biden that the group of mostly moderate Republicans “did not move an inch” of their proposal to spend $ 618 billion on the pandemic relief package that adopted by Congress last month.
Democrats eventually approved the $ 1.9 billion U.S. bailout plan, which was largely based on Biden’s original proposal, without a single Republican vote in the Senate or House.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer
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“The government has thoroughly dismissed our attempt as completely inadequate to justify its own strategy,” the senators said in their statement.
“Less than 24 hours after our meeting in the Oval Office, the Democratic leader of the Senate began the process of bringing about reconciliation, which prevented Republican participation from allowing the package without a single Republican vote,” they said.
The group of Republican senators, led by Susan Collins
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“A Republican group came to see me, and they started with $ 600 billion, and that was it,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday when asked if he would keep his promise to bring duality to Washington if Republicans once again voted against him. $ 2.25 trillion infrastructure plan.
The president said he was prepared to draft a dual pandemic relief package, but Republican lawmakers refused to give ground.
‘I would be willing to compromise, but they did not. They did not move an inch. Not an inch, ‘he said.
GOP senators noted on Wednesday that their $ 618 billion proposal “contains the core elements of the Biden government’s COVID relief plan,” such as the $ 160 billion provision to support vaccines and testing.
They also pointed out that they had offered to increase the package to $ 650 billion to increase the size of the proposed stimulus checks.
The clash between Biden and GOP senators promises badly for the prospect of its Build Back Better infrastructure plan receiving much dual support.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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