President Biden wants Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together to pass a nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill as the first major bill this Congress.
Republicans have already told him they won’t go that big, but in an effort to seek bipartisanship, Biden had a group of 10 Republicans to the White House Monday. Ten is an important number, because it’s exactly the number of Republicans that Democrats would need to end a filibuster and pass the legislation.
The White House meeting lasted two hours, and one of those in attendance, Maine’s Susan Collins, described the meeting as “cordial” and “a very good exchange of views,” but “I wouldn’t say we came together on a package.”
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