Georgia Sens. Raphael Warnock
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Jon Ossoff Dobbs: Republicans Lost In 2020 Because They ‘Forgot Who The Real Leader Was’ Republicans Plan Vote Overhaul After Biden’s Victory Renewing The Tree Of Freedom MORE (D), both of whom won the second election in January on the promise that a Democratic senate would pass another round of direct coronavirus payments, have their caucus pushed for swift action on the matter, The Washington Post reported.
Both Warnock and Ossoff on Thursday during a lunchtime discussion with Senate Democrats and White House economic advisers described the pledge as pivotal to their respective victories, the paper said.
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Said the general consensus in the meeting was the need for quick, decisive action for another round of coronavirus relief.
“My strong impression was that there is general unanimity, and it is strong that we need to be courageous and determined, especially when administering injections and vaccines into people’s arms and putting money in people’s pockets and returning children go to school, ”said Blumenthal, according to the Post. “And one way to put money in people’s pockets is to keep our promises about stimulus payments.”
White House participants included senior adviser Anita Dunn, director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese
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The meeting took place the same day that Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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“By the end of the week, we will have finished the budget resolution, which will be about reconciliation if we need it,” she told reporters, the Post said.
Under reconciliation, the resolution could pass the chamber by simple majority if every Democratic Senator and Vice President Harris voted for it.
“I think we have more leverage to get collaboration on the other side if they know we have an alternative,” Pelosi said.
The Hill has contacted the offices of Warnock and Ossoff and the White House for comment.