{"id":114637,"date":"2021-01-31T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114637"},"modified":"2021-01-31T22:12:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T03:12:04","slug":"biden-offers-exchange-of-views-meeting-to-gop-senators-who-countered-1-9-trillion-relief-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-offers-exchange-of-views-meeting-to-gop-senators-who-countered-1-9-trillion-relief-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Offers \u2018Exchange Of Views\u2019 Meeting To GOP Senators Who Countered $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-offers-exchange-of-views-meeting-to-gop-senators-who-countered-1-9-trillion-relief-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Joe Biden invited a small group of Republican senators to the White House next week for an \u201cexchange of views\u201d after they countered his COVID-19 relief plan with a much smaller proposal, the details of which they plan to release in-full on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs has been widely reported, the President received a letter today from 10 Republican Senators asking to meet with him to discuss their ideas about the actions needed to address these crises,\u201d said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday evening. \u201cIn response, the President spoke to Senator Collins, and invited her and other signers of the letter to come to the White House early this week for a full exchange of views.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White House didn\u2019t appear to commit to offering a negotiation, and concluded by saying the scale of any COVID-19 relief package must be \u201clarge.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/01\/31\/gop-stimulus-compromise\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>, the counter-proposal by the ten GOP senators would cost about $600 billion and would provide smaller stimulus checks for fewer people, funding for health care providers and supplies, and also provide resources for schools and childcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group of GOP senators \u2014 Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) \u2014\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said they were offering their proposal in the spirit of unity and bipartisanship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur proposal reflects many of your stated priorities, and with your support, we believe that this plan could be approved quickly by Congress with bipartisan support,\u201d said the group of Republican senators to Biden in the letter Sunday. \u201cWe request the opportunity to meet with you to discuss our proposal in greater detail and how we can work together to meet the needs of the American people during this persistent pandemic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden told reporters Friday that he would be willing to take Republican support \u201cif we can get it,\u201d but he also said that COVID-19 relief had to pass \u201cno ifs, ands, or buts.\u201d Before the White House statement on Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had already pushed back on the proposal in an interview with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/us-elections-government\/ny-schumer-pushes-back-gop-offer-covid-relief-20210131-zzkkvy25ajgxjomqohrccjcllm-story.html\">New York Daily News<\/a>, saying the GOP should \u201cnegotiate\u201d instead of making a \u201ctake-it-or-leave-it offer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers, such as incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT), have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/31\/politics\/bernie-sanders-reconciliation-covid-relief\/index.html\">said<\/a> Democrats have enough votes to pass a relief bill through the &#8220;reconciliation&#8221; process, which can be used to pass some spending bills with a simple majority instead of a filibuster-proof majority.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biden\u2019s proposal, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, would cost $1.9 trillion. In the same statement explaining that Collins and others had been invited to the White House, the Biden administration suggested they weren\u2019t willing to budge significantly on scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe American Rescue Plan <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> including $1,400 relief checks, a substantial investment in fighting COVID and reopening schools, aid to small businesses and hurting families, and funds to keep first responders on the job (and more) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is badly needed,\u201d said Psaki on Sunday. \u201cAs leading economists have said, the danger now is not in doing too much: it is in doing too little. Americans of both parties are looking to their leaders to meet this moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The White House also said that Democratic leaders were prepared to take action on the Biden administration\u2019s proposal beginning this week, another signal that room for any negotiations <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should they actually take place <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> could be limited in scope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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