When push comes to shove, Republicans are going to join us – Stevens
Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens says she doesn’t expect the $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus bill to get no support from Republicans when the package is voted on in the House of Representatives on Friday.
“The time to act is now and I believe that colleagues on the other side of the aisle, when push comes to shove, are going to join us, and I’m going to tell you why: this is triage,” Stevens told CNBC.
“We just recognized 500,000 lives lost to this pandemic, we all know we need the funding for the vaccines, the testing. We’re long overdue with some of the economic provisions of this bill, the $1,400 stimulus check, the monies needed to reopen our schools fully and safely – we’re talking personnel dollars here.
“And just take it from the economists and those who are supporting this bill outside the chamber. We’ve got the US Chamber of Commerce supporting this bill, we’ve got the US Conference of Mayors, we’ve got executives who come from both parties who are saying: We need this American Rescue Plan.
“Stabilize the health of this country, stabilize the economy.”