10 GOP Senators Outlined a $600B Counterproposal to Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Bill
Ten Republican senators on Sunday requested a meeting with President Biden to detail a smaller counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, an alternative they believe could be approved “quickly by Congress with bipartisan support.”
Later Sunday, Biden invited the senators to the White House. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. ET Monday, and the White House said it would focus on how Biden’s plan “will deliver urgently needed relief to working families and small businesses, and speed up vaccinations and the reopening of schools.”
“We appreciate the President’s quick response to our letter, and we are pleased to accept his invitation to the White House … to discuss the path forward for the sixth bipartisan COVID-19 relief package,” the 10 senators said in a statement.
