Biden and Harris Push $1.9 Trillion

 

Biden and Harris Push $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan and Preview Other Priorities





President Biden on Wednesday afternoon met with a gaggle of labor leaders he described as “close friends” to debate his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan and to urge input on an attempt to bolster American infrastructure that's expected to follow.

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said Tuesday that the president views infrastructure as “one of the areas where there’s opportunity to work together” with Republicans, but she didn't provide details on what would happen after the stimulus bill.

“We haven’t yet determined what the next priority forward would be, but he is engaging with his policy team,” Ms. Psaki said. She also wouldn’t say whether he planned to move forward with his broad economic agenda or a bill focused on infrastructure.

Mr. Biden met Wednesday with several labor leaders including Richard Trumka, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.; Sean McGarvey, president of North America’s Building Trades Unions; Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America; and James T. Callahan, general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Also at the meeting was Lonnie R. Stephenson, the international president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who served on Mr. Biden’s transition advisory board.





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