Should President Biden Strike A COVID Compromise?

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Ten Republican senators are meeting with President Biden at the White House Monday to discuss their coronavirus relief proposal — which is just one-third the size of the president's plan.

And Vice President Harris leaves a notable hole in the Senate roster: she was the only Black woman in the body. Organizers say that the Democratic party has long neglected investing in Black women candidates.

This episode: political reporter Juana Summers, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Michelle from Fresno, California, and I have just gotten home from taking my
0:06.6	six-month-old daughter for a 45-minute midnight drive to put her back to sleep.
0:13.2	This podcast was recorded at...
0:15.0	206 PM on Monday, February 1st.
0:18.7	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:21.2	Hopefully, we'll all be back in our beds, fast asleep.
0:25.2	Enjoy the show.
0:38.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:42.0	I'm Wanda Summers, I cover demographics and culture.
0:45.0	I'm Tamri Keith, I cover the White House.
0:47.3	And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:49.9	Alright, y'all.
0:50.9	It is Monday and later today, a group of Republican senators are going to head to the White House,
0:56.3	where they are going to present an alternative COVID relief proposal.
1:00.1	This of course comes after President Biden released his plan, which is a $1.9 trillion
1:05.9	package.
1:06.9	And these Republican lawmakers are proposing a smaller package.
1:10.2	It's about $600 billion.
1:13.3	And Tam, this comes after a little bit of hand-ringing among Republicans that Joe Biden is not
1:18.4	exactly walking the walk when it comes to bipartisanship, something he made a big deal about
1:22.9	during the campaign.
1:24.6	What does this meeting mean when you think about that context?
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