White House Engages Progressives on Aid Bill: Stimulus Update
- Check here for updates on Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion plan
- Biden directly appealed to senators in effort to build support
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The White House is engaging with progressives to ensure their input is heard as the administration works on Covid-19 relief. President Joe Biden warned that today’s kids face the danger of a lifetime of poorer earnings in calling for passage of his plan. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki emphasized that the need is to move quickly.
“This bill should be bipartisan,” Psaki said Friday, while adding that the key question is why GOP lawmakers haven’t endorsed Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal, given what she said are opinion polls showing 74% support for the plan. She said it’s up to Congress to determine the parliamentary procedure to use for the bill.