Addis Ababa, February 6, 2021 (FBC) -US President Joe Biden is forging ahead with plans to ram through a $1.9tn relief bill without Republican support after disappointing jobs data.
Despite an Obama-era economist’s warnings the stimulus package may be too big, Biden vowed to “act fast”.
The new president’s fellow Democrats run Congress, and plan to pass the final bill using a budget manoeuvre.
Mr Biden’s speech is being seen by US media as a shift in tone after he entered office pledging bipartisanship.
He met 10 Republican senators at the White House on Monday in the hope of a breakthrough, but brushed off their counter-proposal for a slimmed-down $618bn coronavirus relief bill, according BBC.