Coronavirus
The White House Defends Passing the Coronavirus Relief Bill Without GOP Support
Washington (CNN)The White House and congressional Democrats on Sunday defended the House’s passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package without any Republican support, arguing the Senate must now move quickly on the proposal to address the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that Biden has been open to hearing from Republicans on the bill, but that so far, “we have not seen a substantive, big proposal in response back from Republicans.”
“This is the scope of the problem and the scope of the kind of package that needs — we need to pass to address that,” she said, adding that Biden isn’t willing to “make this a Washington, political, partisan issue and prevent the American people from getting the relief they need.”
