Biden Forges Ahead on Relief Bill without GOP but Signals Checks could be Targeted
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We ran the numbers: There are 5755 news articles covering this topic. 28% (1618) are left leaning, 40% (2303) are center, and 32% (1834) are right leaning.
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pressing ahead on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that the Democratic party has learned lessons from last time the economy needed an injection from the government, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans offered $1,000 payments targeted to low-income households.
A left-leaning article by The Huffington Post highlights that last time the U.S. economy needed an injection from the federal government, the Democratic party was fighting with itself over how big it should be. The takeaway lessons from that fight are clear: go big and don’t wait for Republicans to get on board.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Biden called into the weekly House Democratic Caucus call and emphasized his commitment to including payments of $1,400 in the package. The outreach to Democrats comes after a two-hour meeting Monday with Republicans who proposed a roughly $600 billion COVID-19 bill.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republicans offered $1,000 payments targeted to low-income households, while progressive Democrats have already criticized $1,400 payments. Biden has publicly said he was open to negotiating the terms of the stimulus checks.