COVID relief plan: Republicans lawmakers = no GOP mayors = yes
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We ran the numbers: There are 3094 news articles covering this topic. 42% (1311) are left leaning, 39% (1213) are center, and 19% (569) are right leaning.
On Friday, Biden’s relief package heads for a vote in the Democratic-controlled House. No Republicans in the House or Senate have publicly supported the bill, but many Republican mayors nationally urged passage of the COVID-19 relief package. While left-leaning articles highlight that Republicans face significant political risk by forming a unified front of opposition to the legislation, right-leaning articles highlight that Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice urged Senate Republicans to “swallow” the hefty price tag of Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Republicans face significant political risk by forming a unified front of opposition to the legislation, given that almost 70% of American supported the bill according toa Quinnipiac University poll. The thorniest issue in the bill is the proposed increase of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that while Republican mayors want the $350 billion in direct aid to Biden’s legislation, Republican lawmakers don’t want the steep price tag of Biden’s bill. A Morning Consult poll found that 76% of Americans support passage of the legislation.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice urged Senate Republicans to “swallow” the hefty price tag of Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan. Justice said Biden’s proposal was a “clunker” full of Democratic pet projects and unrelated items.