MILWAUKEE — President Joe Biden sidestepped a divided Congress and went straight to the nation Tuesday with a primetime televised town hall in Wisconsin seeking support for his $1.9 trillion economic rescue package.
“Now is the time we should spending. Now is the time to go big,” Biden told the live CNN audience in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
With lawmakers reeling from the aftermath of Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal, Biden used his first official trip away from Washington as president to address ordinary voters.
His stimulus package would more than double the previous measure passed by Congress, after intense debate, in December.
The administration says massive injections of money…
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