Ohio Senator Rob Portman
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Talking to Dana Bash
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“My hope is that the president will meet with us,” Portman said, adding that Republicans have had little success in their attempts to meet with the Biden administration to present their priorities for the next stimulus package.
“This one was not consulted by anyone, including the Democrats of our bipartisan group that drafted the previous legislation and frankly we have not received much response to date,” he added.
Bash then asked how much Republicans would be willing to spend on a COVID-19 stimulus package, and noted a letter released Sunday by the senator. Susan Collins
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“It will be less than $ 1.9 [trillion] because much of what the administration has released has nothing to do with COVID-19, ”Portman replied.
“It simply came to our notice then. We really want to help those who need it most, ”he continued, adding that Democrats should not“ poison the well ”by pushing the plan without Republican votes.
“It’s not in the Democratic Party’s interest to do that,” he said.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress met in December and pushed for a smaller stimulus package that included an extension of federal unemployment benefits and $ 600 direct payments to individual American adults.