{"id":31307,"date":"2021-02-02T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T01:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31307"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:45:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T01:45:08","slug":"biden-calls-democrats-urges-big-covid-19-relief-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31307","title":{"rendered":"Biden calls Democrats, urges big COVID-19 relief bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats took a first step on Tuesday toward passing a coronavirus relief bill, following a call with President Biden, who urged them to \u201cgo big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden signaled that he is rejecting a $618 billion proposal sponsored by 10 GOP senators as \u201ctoo small\u201d even though he is open to some of their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was clear,\u201d said Sen.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qwdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmndfssw_jmrbvvjrjwbmbrjsqntj.html?a=&amp;b=36611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qwdhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmndfssw_jmrbvvjrjwbmbrjsqntj.html?a%3D%26b%3D36611&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612394415391000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwfr4S6c2QYajVuSODwdV8a1QU_Q\">Tim Kaine<\/a>\u00a0(D-Va.) after the call. \u201cGo big and be prompt because the American public is really hurting and really needs this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden told Democrats that his clear preference is for Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion package, despite concerns voiced by Republicans about the impact on the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/srllwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbjpkvvv_jmrbvvjrjwbmbrjsqntj.html?a=&amp;b=36611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/srllwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbjpkvvv_jmrbvvjrjwbmbrjsqntj.html?a%3D%26b%3D36611&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612394415391000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDPFTc7cjKz3oEH3cGg4EHJMvwTw\">Charles Schumer<\/a>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) said Biden dismissed a $618 billion proposal sponsored by 10 moderate Republicans, which does not include aid to state and local governments and limits the size of direct checks to individuals to $1,000, as falling short of what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n<p>After the call concluded, the Senate voted 50-49 on a straight party-line vote to proceed to a budget resolution that greenlights passing a separate coronavirus relief bill through reconciliation, avoiding a 60-vote legislative filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>The House is expected to pass its budget resolution Wednesday. The Senate will now need to go through tens of hours of debate and a marathon session known as a vote-a-rama, before they can hold a final vote on the budget resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Democrats took a first step&#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":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31307","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=31307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31308,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31307\/revisions\/31308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}