A group of Republican Party senators will meet with President Biden on Monday after launching his own coronavirus relief framework.
“We appreciate the President’s prompt 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 bipartisan Covid-19 relief package,” GOP senators said. in a joint statement.
The group includes GOP Sens. Susan Collins
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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GOP senators outlined their own coronavirus framework earlier Sunday that Cassidy had earmarked about $ 600 billion, less than a third of the $ 1.9 trillion plan offered by Biden.
The Republican Party proposal would include $ 1,000 checks, while Democrats are betting on 1,400 checks. It also includes more money for vaccines, expands unemployment benefits, and includes nutritional benefits, small business grants, and money for schools and daycare.
The Republican Party letter comes as Democrats appear willing to spend this week laying the groundwork to pass a possible coronavirus relief bill through reconciliation, a budget process that will allow them to avoid a 60-vote legislative hurdle in the Senate .
The House will vote this week on the budget resolution that will include instructions for drafting the coronavirus bill, with the Senate hoping to follow it quickly. Democrats expect to be able to pass the coronavirus relief law in mid-March, when unemployment benefits are expected to expire.
But Republicans have shown no signs of supporting a $ 1.9 trillion bill after Congress approved an additional $ 900 billion in coronavirus relief late last year, the fifth package approved by Congress .
Instead, Republican Party senators, in their letter, urged Biden to work with them on a proposal that they predicted could reach Congress if it supports it.
“The proposal we have outlined takes into account these past efforts, while recognizing the priorities that need additional support right now,” Republican Party senators wrote.
“With your support, we believe Congress can once again develop a relief package that will provide effective and meaningful assistance to the American people and guide us toward recovery,” they added.
Democrats have little room in both houses and progressives, who consider $ 1.9 trillion as the minimum Congress should spend, would likely cut it at a substantially lower price.
In addition to speaking with Collins, Psaki said Biden spoke with the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
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“He is grateful that Congress is ready to begin action on the U.S. rescue plan in its second full week in office,” he said.
Psaki also gave no indication that Biden was considering abandoning its $ 1.9 trillion proposal for a smaller plan.
“The American Rescue Plan … is very necessary. As leading economists have said, the danger now is not to do too much: it is to do too little,” he added.
The invitation to the White House also comes when Schumer, in statements to New York reporters, reiterated his warning that Democrats were willing to move forward without Republicans if they did not support a “bold” plan.
“We intend to move forward. We hope we can move forward in a bipartisan way with the cooperation of our fellow Republicans. But we need big, bold action, and if we can’t move forward, we will have to move forward on our own. Doing the job in a bold way is the number one priority, ”he added.
Schumer also looked great with the Republican Party’s proposal, telling the New York Daily News that Republicans “should negotiate.”
“If the reports are true, he has no local or state money. Look at this as something, ”Schumer said.