PresidentJoeBiden, during a meetingwithcongressionalDemocratsonWednesday, promisedhewouldnotbackdownonincluding $1400 checksforstrugglingAmericansandhiscovert 19 reliefplan, butwithconsidertighterlimitsonwhogetsthem.
Bidenheld a conferencecallwithHouseDemocratsandtalkedwithDemocraticsenatorsattheWhiteHousetouse a proceduralmaneuvertopushhis $1.9 trillioncoronavirusreliefpackagethroughwithoutRepublicanvotesifnecessary.
InthecallwithHouseDemocrats, Bidenemphasizedtheneedtoquoteensurethatwekeepthepromiseongetting $1400 checkstoAmericansafterpeoplereceived $600 in a previouscovein 19 reliefpackage.
SenateRepublicanleaderMitchMcConnellcriticizedtheDemocratsdecisiontopressaheadwith a frameworkthatallowstheeventualbilltopasswith a simplemajoritycallingit a quotepartisanjam.