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Why President Joe Biden Met with Republican Senators?

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Jennie Miller

On Monday, US President Joe Biden met with a group of 10 Republican senators. Those senators proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he seeking in coronavirus aid. US President greeted the lawmakers in the Oval Office. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were hearing the Republicans’ pitch for a smaller, more targeted COVID relief package. This package would do away with Democratic priorities but could win GOP support and appeal to his effort to unify the country. Point to be noted that the House and Senate are on track to vote. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the plan to file a fiscal-year 2021 budget measure in the Senate and House. The fiscal-year 2021 budget measure would allow Congress to fast-track a coronavirus package for passage by both chambers.

The meeting was arranged by Biden amounts to the most public involvement for the president in the negotiations for the next round of virus relief. Democratic and Republican legislators are far apart in their proposals for assistance. A White House aide said that Biden and his staff were expected to present the Republican senators with details on how his COVID-19 relief package would benefit their respective states. Republican Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, and 7 others issued a statement and said, “Mr. President, we recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith with your administration to meet the health, economic and societal challenges of the COVID crisis”. Senator Collins informed reporters after the meeting with President Biden that the discussion was productive.

Collins said they did agree to follow up discussions but didn’t say they had come to any agreement on the two proposals. She is also hopeful for the passage of another COVID-19 relief package. On Sunday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, “President Biden had spoken with the leader of the group, Sen. Susan Collins. However, Biden wants a full exchange of views with the virus posing a grave threat to the country, and economic conditions grim for so many, the need for action is urgent, and the scale of what must be done is large”. The other GOP senators who were invited to meet with Biden are Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Shelley Moore Capito, Todd Young, Jerry Moran, Rob Portman, Mike Rounds, and Thom Tillis.

Source: http://www.vindulacms.com/why-president-joe-biden-met-with-republican-senators/

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