Biden Calls for Urgent Action on $900 Billion Stimulus Deal – By Yuval Rosenberg (The Fiscal Times) / Dec 4 2020
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday called for “urgent action” on a coronavirus-relief package, indicating that lawmakers should pass a bipartisan compromise package as a “down payment” toward additional coronavirus aid after he takes office.
“Americans need help and they need it now,” the president-elect said Friday. “And they need more to come early next year. But I must tell you I am encouraged by the bipartisan efforts in the Senate around a $900 billion package for relief.”
Biden warned that without quick action to provide relief as Covid cases surge across the country, “the future will be very bleak.”
Biden made clear that he would seek to work with Republicans to provide more economic stimulus next year. “Congress and President Trump must get a deal done for the American people, but any package passed in the lame duck session is not enough. It’s just the start,” he said. “Congress will need to act again in January.”
Biden said he was confident that he’ll be able to get Republicans to go along with an additional Covid package next year because the need will be so dire.
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