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(Bloomberg) -- The White House economic director may get a chilly response Sunday in making the case for the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion economic relief plan to a centrist, bipartisan group of senators.

White House Pushed by Bipartisan Lawmakers on Relief Plan’s Size

Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief

Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.

Top aides to President Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

ADVERTISEMENT Collins said she was “happy to listen” but questioned the size of what Biden is proposing.  “Its hard for me to see, when we just passed $900 billion worth of assistance, why we would have a package that big. Now maybe a couple of months from now, the needs will be evident, and we will need to do something significant,” she added.  “My focus is to see where’s the need, and let’s make sure that the numbers are real based upon need, as opposed to simply looking for ...

Posted January 25th, 2021 for Ripon Society Upton, McClain & Meijer Discuss Challenges Facing America & the Prospect of Bipartisan Cooperation in the Coming Year  WASHINGTON, DC — With the 46th President inaugurated and the 117th Congress officially underway, The Ripon Society held a virtual discussion this past Thursday with three Members of the U.S. House from Michigan, who shared their thoughts on some of the key challenges facing America and the prospect of bipartisan cooperatio...

The White House did not seem to budge on breaking up the package or reducing the overall price tag, even as it pushes for bipartisan support.

But what does that page actually look like?  Trying to make sense of this moment in history is almost as difficult as trying to unravel the multitude of conspiracy theories about the election itself.  Some corners of America seemed to collectively exhale as President Donald Trump –— twice impeached, banned from Twitter and yet still refusing to even mention Biden’s name or concede defeat — left Washington for some measure of exile in Florida. But from other corners of the nation, the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Tom Reed of New York, co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about where GOP lawmakers may find common ground with President Biden's agenda.