Biden will hold a town hall in Wisconsin Tuesday to raise support for a bill, which faces Republicans.
U.S. President Joe Biden will press his case for a $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief bill at Tuesday’s event in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, which has been hit hard by the pandemic- spread and how it fell out.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden will hold a town hall in Milwaukee, the largest city in the state, Tuesday night.
Wisconsin is “a state where people have been affected by the pandemic, affected by the economic downturn,” Psaki said at a news conference earlier in the day.
“The president felt he could have a good conversation with people on the way forward.”
Biden has traveled to the home state of Delaware and to the main residence of Camp David since taking office on January 20 but the trip to Milwaukee is his first on official business since becoming president.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki says ‘most people’ as a Biden COVID-19 incentive plan [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]
After the U.S. Parliament on Saturday voted to get former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, the White House is desperate to move forward with Biden’s agenda on the economy, fighting COVID -19, preventing climate change and tackling racial inequality.
Biden wants Congress to pass its $ 1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in the coming weeks to get $ 1,400 incentive studies for Americans and support unemployment payments.
“Most people like what they see in this package,” Psaki said Tuesday.
“And that should be a signal, and noted by members of Congress as they consider whether or not to vote for it,” she said.
John Hendren of Al Jazeera, reporting from Milwaukee, said Biden hopes to rally its base and build public support to force Congress to pass the incentive bill.
“It is an ambitious program,” Hendren said of the proposed legislation.
“It would provide money for individuals, both those affected by the virus and the unemployed. It will give money to businesses big and small and it will give money to state and local governments – and that’s a lot for Republicans to swallow. “
Biden has opposed Republicans over the bill’s high price tag
Late last month, a group of Republican senators urged Biden to reduce his plan in the name of “bipartisanship and unity”.
President Joe Biden opposes Republicans over high price tag of his proposed incentive bill [File: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg]
“In the spirit of bipartisanship and unity, we have developed a COVID-19 aid framework that builds on previous COVID support laws, all of which have passed with bipartisan support,” they said in a letter.
Republican lawmakers then met with Biden to discuss their alternative proposal, but the president has said it is a priority for him to pass the incentive legislation quickly – even if that means not he will have bipartisan support.
Biden and his friends have argued that going “big” will help stimulate the economy and bring the pandemic under control.
The U.S. has reported more than 487,000 coronavirus-related deaths to date, as well as more than 27.7 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University data – the highest rates in the world.