Biden’s Pandemic Relief Package Is Popular — But GOP Obstruction Isn’t

Senate Republicans, who have promised to block a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package proposed by President Joe Biden, say that Democrats’ use of budget reconciliation to pass Biden’s plan would be a betrayal of Biden’s Inauguration Day promise to unify the country.

But a spate of polls released in recent days shows that Biden’s coronavirus relief package, as well as the executive orders he signed in his first days in office, have broad support from Americans all along the political spectrum.

A Yahoo News/YouGov poll released Monday afternoon found that 74 percent of American adults support Biden’s proposal to provide $2,000 relief checks to Americans. Continue reading.