President Biden publicly projected confidence that some Republicans will back his coronavirus relief package, while privately telling Democrats that the GOP’s counteroffer was “too small.”

Prior to a White House meeting with Senate Democrats regarding his proposed $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” Biden told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office that he believed he would “get Republican support” for the bill.

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