Biden’s top advisor Cedric Richmond told “Axios on HBO” that the White House believes it has bipartisan support for a stimulus bill outside the Beltway.
- “If our choice is to wait and become bipartisan with an insufficient package, then we’re not going to do that.”
The big pictureThe bill is likely to undergo an overhaul in the Senate after House Democrats narrowly passed a stimulus bill this weekend, Axios’ Kadia Goba reports.
Richmond said Biden’s White House has not held talks about breaking legislative power in the Senate, which requires a 3/5 majority to pass bills.
- “The Senate has been obstruction for a long time,” Richmond told “Axios on HBO.”
- “We’ve sent them bills that are backed by 97% of Americans … but it comes to the Senate and dies,” Richmond said. ‘