Psaki: ‘The President Ran on Unifying the Country, Not Creating One Political Party’

‘16 of the last 21 reconciliation bills that have gone through Congress have been bipartisan’

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PSAKI: "Well, the president ran on unifying the country, not on creating one particular party. But I will note 16 of the last 21 reconciliation bills that have gone through Congress have been bipartisan. And certainly there’s opportunity for Republicans to not only offer amendments as it’s going through the House committee process and then will go through the Senate committee process following that, but they will have the opportunity to, of course, vote for a package that will -- that the vast majority of the American people support. So, you know, the president is — his first priority is getting relief to the American people. But the vast majority of the public, Democrats, Republicans, independents are with him in that effort. There’s a long history of bipartisan support for reconciliation bills. The parliamentary process -- again, I don’t think the American people are particularly worried about how the direct relief gets to their -- into their hands. And, you know, if that’s the process that it moves forward through, which seems likely at this point, the president would certainly support that."

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