Sen. Bill Cassidy
Bill CassidySunday shows the preview: Budget resolution paves the way for the 0.9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment trial Don’t let this moment of unification be wasted Senate signals broad support for relief checks more targeted at coronavirus MORE (R-La.) He said on Sunday that Biden government officials are showing that they do not want to work with Republicans on an economic stimulus project for coronavirus.
“I am absolutely willing to work with anyone, if it is good for the American people, because that is what we must all do. We have conservative solutions. The more conservative values infuse public policies, I think, the better are public policies. on the other hand, the government is showing very clearly that it doesn’t care if it has to work with us, “said Cassidy on Sunday on NBC’s” Meet The Press “program.
“They are willing to push things, even if someone like Larry Summers, a former Democratic Treasury Secretary, says it’s a stupid policy. I’m paraphrasing,” he added, referring to US President Biden’s aid package. $ 1.9 trillion. “And even if we arrive in good faith with at least 10 or more who have joined us, and they say they don’t care. So, you understand – it takes two to tango. Right now, I’m not sure we have both to dance the tango. “
The White House is in the midst of ongoing negotiations with Congressional Republicans over the size and scope of the aid package. During a recent meeting, Biden told a group of 10 Republican senators that a $ 618 billion package is too small and does not go far enough to help Americans affected by the pandemic.
There is ample bipartisan support for the next round of coronavirus stimulus checks to be more targeted at individuals who need the funds the most, The Hill reported last week.
Senate Democrats passed a budget resolution on Friday that will allow them to proceed with an aid package without the support of the Republican Party.
“First, let’s say we all made it clear that we are willing to negotiate. That was not our goal. It was where we felt that if you put things together, added them up, it was a sum that met the needs of the American people” , said Cassidy on Sunday.
“And why would President Biden believe it? He could believe it because when there was a Republican president and Republicans controlled the Senate, we passed five different relief packages from COVID on a bipartisan basis with overwhelming margins. We had shown that we would negotiate and come to the answers He must also do this because it may be the right policy, “he added.