Posted on 02/03/2021 7:02:42 AM PST by Red Badger
They spend two hours discussing differences, but vow to keep discussion moving forward.
After a longer-than-expected two-hour meeting Monday with President Joe Biden, Sen. Mitt Romney said the president “has genuine interest in working with” Republicans to close a gap on their competing proposals for a pandemic aid package. “It was not just a check-the-box meeting,” Romney said in a call with Utah reporters. “We had a full airing of our different points of view and a direction by the president to continue our discussions.” Biden is pushing for a $1.9 trillion package, while a group of 10 centrist Republicans that includes Romney seeks only about a third as much, $618 billion. “There are differences in almost every area,” Romney said. “Even though we disagree, we are not disagreeable. … We’re going to continue to have big differences. But we can work with each other and understand our respective points of view.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement that Biden “noted many areas which the Republican senators’ proposal does not address,” the Washington Post reported. Romney listed several samples of current sticking points. For example, Biden wants more stimulus payments of $1,400 per taxpayer. The group of 10 wants only $1,000 payments targeted to people who earn less than $100,000 a year per married couple. Romney said, “These checks should be focused on lower income people.” He added there is “a real effort on our part to make sure that if we do need additional funding, that we make sure we’re spending on actual need, not just sending money out that’s not absolutely required.” Romney said another sticking point is that Biden is pushing to more than double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour — which Republicans jettisoned from their proposal.
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Thank God he was not elected president. Shame on the state of Utah for electing him.
Willard the RAT!
IMO, too much focus on the lies and deception of the bad guys which bring demoralization of the troops. We don’t need reminding - we get hit with this B.S. everyday from all directions. The truth is very precious these days.
The Patriotic Right needs to focus MUCH MORE on the truth in conjunction with our goals and objectives to restore our Free Constitutional Republic.
Ask Mitt when the last time he voted for the Republican candidate in the general election was.
2012?
2008?
2004?
2000?
1996?
1992?
ever?
His Daddy was a Never Goldwater “Republican”.
Jeez, Mitt, get a room.
Too much “know the enemy”, not enough “know and declare the truth” in conjunction with our goals and objectives to restore our Free Constitutional Republic.”
Does this guy believe this stuff or is he just a useful idiot? What a putz.
Yes, to me it looks like he’s losing body tone/definition and his color is a bit off.
His oily hairstyle doesn’t help, he’s starting to look like a homeless man in a nice suit.
Pelosi and Schummer will shoot anything discussed with Biden down.
“But...but...but, we must remain as Republicans!”
Another reason my decision to leave the Republican Party was the right one!
You have a point. Reading every day about the treachery of those supposedly in our party is exhausting.
Given that 84% of Democrats approve of Mitt Romney, his idea of working with the Democrats is giving in to their wants.
Is there anything that touches on fiscal responsibility that will be implemented?
It looks like business as usual for the Democrats to bail out irresponsible and incompetent states with taxpayer dollars, and put Americans last, not first.
Shut up, Mitt. Nobody pulled your string.
IKR! Since when does he have any credibility? No one with a brain would listen to anything he has to say.
You mean Pierre Delecto says ...
Is there anyone looking at the debt and what it will do to their children and grandchildren?
You mean Pierre Delecto says ...
Why don’t they just ask for Carlos Danger’s opinion?
Mitt loves it when Hop Sing Xiden sniffs his neck.
“Mitt Romney says Biden shows ‘genuine interest’ in working with GOP on pandemic aid package,...”
What BS!
All that means is that Biden and Co. are handing off the whole mess to half-a#&ed ‘Republicans’, like Mitt.
When the plan fails...Democrats and especially Joe can walk away and blame the failure on Mitt. There will be enough blame to go around so real ‘conservatives (the ones Mitt presumes to represent) will ALSO bear the blame.
What an imbecile Mitt is if he actually thinks HIS input is genuine bipartisanship. He’s just another media whore... ‘all dressed up with no place to go.’
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