Biden leans on his Capitol Hill experience while pitching big Covid-19 relief deal
President Joe Biden is relying on his Capitol Hill years to convince former colleagues to move quickly on his debut legislative effort, waging an intensive push for the sweeping Covid-19 rescue package he hopes can garner Republican support.
He's told Democrats over a series of meetings he's willing to reconsider some aspects of his plan, in particular whether to more narrowly target direct payments going to Americans.
"I think we can better target the number," he told House Democrats in a morning telephone call, according to audio of the call obtained by CNN's Manu Raju.
But in most other areas he hasn't budged. And in some conversations he has warned against getting strung along by Republicans in a repeat of the opening days of the Obama administration.
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Since being sworn in two weeks ago, Biden has invited more than one-fifth of the Senate to fireside meetings in the Oval Office. He's held smaller but lengthy sessions at the White House with longtime allies and surprised Republicans with private phone calls to discuss the plan.
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