Joe Biden has been in office less than a month….
His BIGGEST push is NOT for vaccines….
The infection rate across the country try is headed downward….
President Biden is after the ECONOMY by making sure that he gets a bill that will bolster the spending FOR the pandemic, helping Americans go back to work and giving State’s some money to replace lost tax revenue….
Democrats feel that THIS is the way for them to beat down the vestiges of the Trump chaotic last four years….
Over the first weeks of the new administration, White House officials stressed that they are singularly focused on moving the “rescue” legislation and unprecedented response to the pandemic through Congress.
Biden and advisers insist they would prefer Republican cooperation on the $1.9 trillion legislation, which calls for direct checks, money for school reopenings and funds for a robust vaccine effort. But their eyes have also started to drift toward what comes after the package becomes law: a major political undertaking to cement the bill’s popularity among voters.
The effort will include a giant outreach effort touting the package’s benefits as well as pledges from the Democratic House and Senate campaign arms to promote it in their own messaging. The Democratic National Committee, working with state parties across battlegrounds, is mobilizing to highlight Biden’s legislation as helping to save lives and create jobs, which officials expect to ramp up in the coming months.
White House officials are sorely aware of past administrations’ track records in their first midterms and view the Covid relief measure as foundational in a two-year battle that will determine the fate of Democrats’ slim majorities, as well as the other elements of Biden’s ambitious agenda on Capitol Hill.
A raft of public polls has bolstered the belief inside the White House that they have a mandate to act and that those who oppose the package will struggle to justify their stances come November 2022.
“It’s going to be very difficult for Republican lawmakers to look their constituents in the eyes and try to explain why they voted against giving them $1,400 checks, why they voted against reopening schools, and why they voted against speeding up vaccinations,” a White House official told POLITICO. “We’re going to keep making the case about why this package matters and Republicans on the Hill are going to have to decide whether or not they’re going to listen to their voters.”….
“His biggest push is NOT for vaccines.”
Well of course if you’re giving everybody money,that’s going to be the biggest component.However ,there are substantial funds allotted to vaccines.
Why wouldn’t there be?
So are vaccines one of his major issues?Of course.That is obvious.
Sort of a weird statement really.
Why am I not surprised?
House Dem’s turn down restrictions on the stimulus $1,400 checks..