Biden invites GOP senators to White House for relief talks

[TomCADem]

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Source: MSN/The Hill

"As has been widely reported, the President received a letter today from 10 Republican Senators asking to meet with him to discuss their ideas about the actions needed to address these crises," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. "In response, the President spoke to Senator Collins, and invited her and other signers of the letter to come to the White House early this week for a full exchange of views."

Ten Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), proposed their own framework earlier Sunday for a COVID-19 relief package. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), another senator involved in the effort, said on "Fox News Sunday" that the outline of the GOP package would total $600 billion and include direct payments of $1,000.

Biden has already proposed a $1.9 trillion package that includes $1,400 in direct payments, funding for schools and state and local governments and money to ramp up vaccine distribution.

But Psaki's statement underscored the White House's position that Biden's original proposal was of necessary size and scope, making it unclear whether the two sides will find a path forward.

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I think the first thing to ask the GOP senators was where was their concern when they were extending over a trillion in tax cuts to the rich when the economy was doing great?

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/28/tax-cuts-trump-gop-analysis-430781

POLITICO analysis: At $2.3 trillion cost, Trump tax cuts leave big gap

Between new cost estimates and the White House’s own budget numbers, the wheels are coming off Republican claims that President Donald Trump’s tax cuts will pay for themselves by generating increased growth and government revenues over the next decade.

“Not only will this tax plan pay for itself but it will pay down debt,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin famously boasted in September. But his own department’s analysts now peg the 10-year cost at $2.3 trillion given the administration’s assumption that tax breaks for individuals and large estates will be extended past 2025.

POLITICO’s own calculations, working entirely from data in the 2018 and 2019 budgets, indicate that the added revenues generated by the tax cuts themselves would fall substantially short of matching $2.3 trillion.

For the years 2018 to 2027, the shortfall ranges from $1 trillion to $1.3 trillion. In measuring for 2019 to 2028, the picture improves, but the 10-year shortfall still is between $700 billion to $1.1 trillion.

[msongs]

1. biden should inform those repubs repeal of the tax cut will be introduced monday. but he wont nt

[PersianStar]

4. Repeal ONLY Trump's tax cuts for the rich

Otherwise Biden would be raising taxes on lower income people.

[Proud liberal 80]

2. All this is is a stall tactic

Democrats were ready to pass this bill under reconciliation next week, those Republicans saw the writing on the wall and wrote this counter proposal as a stall tactic...hopefully Schumer really means what he said about Democrats learning their lessons from what happened with Obama

[PersianStar]

6. Exactly

[EarlG]

3. Biden's not going to turn down a meeting

But hopefully this GOP BS will be dismissed pretty quickly.

Biden’s been selling his plan as, “We’re better off doing too much than not doing enough,” which is a great counterpoint to the “austerity” line we’ve been sold for so long, and the country seems to be uniting around this idea.

The RepubliQans are the ones out of step here.

[jimfields33]

5. I wish they would request the 2,000. So many need it.

[Freethinker65]

7. Will Biden be serving crow?

[matt819]

8. Some other preliminary questions

Who won the election?

Do you support the insurrection?

If the answers are Biden and no, will you say so publicly?


If the answer to question 3 is no, show them the door.

[rainin]

16. Make that a PRE-condition to amy meeting. Otherwise, ask them why they aren't meeting

with trump, if they think he's the duly elected Pres

[Teddy Beer]

9. Frisk 'em at the Door

In fact, do a body-cavity search before they get near the President!

[rpannier]

15. That was my first thought

Metal detectors, pat-downs, that x-ray machine they have at airports

[Jon King]

10. When they get there tell them the $1.9 will be passed through budget reconciliation....

And offer them a cookie. Enough is enough, hopefully President Biden truly gets it that compromise simply will not work with these clowns.

They can either back the full $1.9 trillion, or vote against the majority of the American people who voted for Biden-Harris.

Seriously, I love Biden-Harris but this is the true test. They MUST stick to their guns on this piece of legislation or risk losing their new voters. Giving even an inch on this $1.9 trillion will demoralize too many voters who will sit 2022 out.

They can compromise with other things down the line...but this is a signature piece of work that must be passed as is, no ifs, ands, or buts. Now if Manchin wants some minor changes to get on board, fine, but do not give the Repubs anything.

[aeromanKC]

11. Get on the bus or be left at the station

Your choice. The bus leaves A.S.A.P.

[Roy Rolling]

12. A Favorite Saying of Mine

I heard this growing up. Biden’s gonna tell Republicans how the cow ate the cabbage. I’m not sure what it means, but I think it means Republicans can get fuc*ed if they don’t agree with the president.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Joe knows malarkey when he hears it

Republicans think they're good at lies and deception.

I'm betting on Joe.

[gab13by13]

14. President Biden,

will give them coffee and tea, and listen, that's being bipartisan.

Why would he agree to a 2/3 cut of his Bill when he already said he didn't want the Bill broken in half?

Too bad Trump made tax cuts for the rich permanent, is there some way around that? If Republicans are worried about spending too much on the poor, what about spending on the rich that was made permanent that increases our debt permanently every year?

[Omaha Steve]

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