Biden meets with 10 GOP senators at White House on pandemic relief Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner, Paulina Firozi Republican senators held 'productive' meeting with Biden, but no deal yet Replay Video UP NEXT President Biden met with 10 Republican senators in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon for what the White House described as “a substantive and productive discussion” about their $600 billion counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan. “I wouldn’t say that we came together on a package tonight. No one expected that in a two-hour meeting,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters after leaving the White House. But she said discussions will continue at the staff level and senators are hopeful for a bipartisan deal.