{"id":31257,"date":"2021-02-01T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31257"},"modified":"2021-02-01T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:05:23","slug":"schumer-vows-senate-will-take-up-bold-coronavirus-bill-rejecting-gop-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31257","title":{"rendered":"Schumer vows Senate will take up &#8216;bold&#8217; coronavirus bill, rejecting GOP offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are moving forward on COVID relief, with or without the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of a White House meeting with a group of 10 Senate Republicans, Senate Majority Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/zffdvgzjfrrkcgcrkbsffkddfzkqrzrttlfjgwqrzfsbsz_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a=&amp;b=36579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/zffdvgzjfrrkcgcrkbsffkddfzkqrzrttlfjgwqrzfsbsz_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a%3D%26b%3D36579&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612307582410000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9NtePDI4fjpsud_oTUCjTieNePw\">Charles Schumer<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) vowed that the Senate would take up a &#8220;bold&#8221; coronavirus relief package, appearing to reject a smaller offer from the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congress must pursue a bold and robust course of action. It makes no sense to pinch pennies when so many Americans are struggling,&#8221; Schumer said from the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer and House Speaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xcssknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqdgcrprd_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a=&amp;b=36579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/xcssknglcddtynydtprcctsscgtqdgdmmbclnjqdgcrprd_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a%3D%26b%3D36579&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612307582410000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDkb0GX7Cb_Dj7O4Y5dQPfy-zgXw\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>\u00a0(D-Calif.) on Monday filed a joint budget resolution. It&#8217;s a first step that would allow Democrats to pass a coronavirus bill through reconciliation, enabling them to avoid a 60-vote Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>The budget resolution includes instructions for crafting a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, in line with the top-line figure proposed by President Biden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Meanwhile<\/em>: A Senate GOP group has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hfhmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvnfcscq_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a=&amp;b=36579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hfhmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvnfcscq_vygfhhpvpnfgfvvvrmpj.html?a%3D%26b%3D36579&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612307582410000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPlezgzS71DWZkf0_Qu6pRjyPx9g\">proposed a $618 billion coronavirus relief package<\/a>, roughly a third of the size favored by Democrats. They were scheduled to meet with Biden on Monday to discuss their ideas, but not to make any offers or counteroffers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are moving forward on COVID&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31258,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31257\/revisions\/31258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}