"This was a way of achieving some policy wins in the first 100 days so the Biden Administration could brag about them. That's why the 15 dollar minimum wage was included."
Republicans have also attacked alleged pork in bill, like millions for a transit system in Speaker Pelosi's home city of San Francisco. But, the New York Times points out there's money for public transit in both blue and red states devastated by lower ridership, which need help to survive.
"They've certainly been impacted by the pandemic. What I take issue with is that we must pass this right away. We can't reopen schools until we get this package out," Meijer said. "So if we're triaging issues in terms of what's the greatest urgency... I was part of a bipartisan effort six weeks ago to peel off the 160 billion that went to vaccines, testing, PPE, saying 'lets get that money out there.' I would much rather see us looking at these constituent parts independent of one another, rather than bundling it all together saying we need to get this out now, or else."
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