Biden says ‘no time to waste’ for Senate to pass his Covid relief package

Biden says ‘no time to waste’ for Senate to pass his Covid relief package

“We have no time to waste. If we act now, decisively, quickly and boldly, we can finally get ahead of this virus. We can finally get our economy moving again, and the people of this country have suffered far too much for too long,” Biden said Saturday morning in brief remarks from the White House. “We need to relieve that suffering.”

The President spoke about the importance of passing the pandemic aid package and the pivotal role it will play in scaling up vaccination efforts and school re-openings.

“With their vote, we’re one step closer to vaccinating the nation. We are one step closer to putting $1,400 in the pockets of Americans. We are one step closer to extending the unemployment benefits for millions of Americans who are shortly going to lose them,” Biden said.

He continued, “We are one step closer to helping millions of Americans feed their families and keep a roof over their head. We’re one step closer getting our kids safely back in school. We are one step closer to getting state and local governments the money they need to prevent massive layoffs for essential workers.”

Biden also thanked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with whom he said he spoke with “just a few moments ago,” for her “extraordinary leadership.”

The House approved Biden’s Covid relief package early Saturday morning along party lines by a vote of 219-212, sending the bill to the Senate. It passed with no Republican support.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, railed against House Democrats in a statement Saturday for passing the legislation without any bipartisan support and accused them of having “jammed through a bill that even liberal economists and editorial boards say is not well targeted to this stage of the fight.”

The Senate is expected to strip out a provision in the legislation increasing the federal minimum wage after the Senate parliamentarian ruled against including it under the procedure known as reconciliation, which Senate Democrats are using to pass the…

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