In COVID-19 talks, Biden seeks Republican votes and Democratic spending

Published February 5, 2021 4:00am ET



Put President Biden down for a prediction on the COVID-19 relief package working its way through Congress: “We’ll get Republican support.”

“I think we’ll get some Republicans,” Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. Then he turned to the Democratic senators who were there to meet with him and said: “Welcome all home. This is their new home, for a while anyway. And with a little bit of luck, the grace of God, and the goodwill of the neighbors, and the crick not rising, it’s going to be longer than just four years.”

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