Economists warn of risks of too little COVID stimulus as GOP senators push smaller package

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A group of 10 Republicans want a bipartisan stimulus bill less than a third the size of what President Joe Biden has put forward.

appear to be growing impatient with their GOP colleagues—pushing back against the suggestion of a significantly smaller package.addressed to congressional leaders, a group of economists and think tank leaders urged lawmakers to quickly pass a large package, voicing support for Biden's $1.9 trillion proposal.

The letter was signed by Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Center; Thea Lee, president of the Economic Policy Institute; Greg Leiserson, chief economist at Washington Center for Equitable Growth; Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; John Podesta, founder and chair of the board of the Center for American Progress; and Felicia Wong, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute.

Senator Susan Collins led a group of 10 Republican senators in sending a Sunday letter to President Joe Biden calling for discussions over a significantly smaller COVID-19 relief bill. In this photo, Collins speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democratic and Republican members of Congress as they announce a previous COVID-19 relief bill proposal on Capitol Hill on December 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

 

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Dems have it WITHIN THEIR POWER to pass full 2000StimulusCheck as was promised. Do they want to win more elections or lose seats?

Well, don't GOP senators push smaller packages as a general rule?

Democrat Senators represent 168 million Americans, Republicant Senators represent 153 million Americans...

They don't get it. It's no wonder democrats always have to save the day after a republican presidency.

I'm 'concerned'

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