Ohio Sen. Rob Portman
Robert (Rob) Jones PortmanSunday shows preview: New COVID-19 variants spread across the US; Redditors Shake Wall Street with Gamestop Stock The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Which Way Will Democrats Take on COVID-19 Account? Democrats ready to bypass Republicans over COVID-19 bill (R) said Sunday that Republicans will pressure the Biden administration to direct payments to Americans earning less than $ 50,000 a year in the upcoming COVID-19 incentive package.
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Dana BashBiden’s dual push push wall on COVID-19 bill Senators haunt the validity of Trump indictment show Sunday – Biden agenda, Trump indictment dominates MORE on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’, the outgoing senator called on Democrats not to push the White House’s COVID-19 framework through Congress through the budget reconciliation process, which would allow a simple majority vote to succeed, and to work with Republicans on a smaller stimulus package.
“I hope the president will meet with us,” Portman said, adding that Republicans have had little success in their efforts to meet with Biden’s government to present their priorities for the next stimulus package.
“This one, no one has been consulted, including the Democrats about our dual group that drafted the previous legislation, and honestly, we have not received much response to this day,” he added.
Bash then asked how many Republicans would be willing to spend on a COVID-19 stimulus package, noting that a letter sent Sunday by Sen. Susan Collins
Susan Margaret CollinsBiden redesigns immigration battle in Congress Paul says the absence of Roberts’ ‘crystallized’ argument against Trump accuses Democrats ready to bypass Republicans over COVID-19 bill MORE‘s office (R-Maine) and signed by Portman did not put an exact dollar amount on the IDP proposal.
‘It will be less than $ 1.9 [trillion] because much of what the government has released has nothing to do with COVID-19, ”Portman replied.
“Let’s direct it. We really want to help those who need it most, ”he continued, adding that the Democrats should not poison the well by pushing through the plan without Republican votes.
“It is not in the interest of the Democratic Party to do that,” he said.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans came together in December to push through a smaller incentive package that includes an extension of federal unemployment benefits and $ 600 direct payments to individual U.S. adults.