Biden Will Push for Big Stimulus Even After ‘Productive’ Meeting
- President, senators agree to keep negotiating bipartisan plan
- But reconciliation move is still on the table, Psaki says
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President Joe Biden intends to continue pushing for a large pandemic relief bill, even if he has to bypass Senate Republicans, his press secretary said, hours after what one Republican senator called a “very productive” meeting Monday on stimulus options.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that “while there were areas of agreement” between Biden and the 10 GOP senators in the White House meeting, “the president also reiterated his view that Congress must respond boldly and urgently, and noted many areas which the Republican senators’ proposal does not address.”