Senate Takes Up Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

The American Rescue Plan narrowly passed the House Saturday. The bill is now before the Senate.

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Manuel Balce Ceneta / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Senate Takes Up Biden’s $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Package

The American Rescue Plan narrowly passed the House Saturday. The bill is now before the Senate.

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This week, the U.S. Senate is deliberating over President Biden’s pandemic stimulus relief package, and Senate Democrats are trying to secure its passage through Democratic votes alone.

Reset brings on a congressional reporter to give us the latest on the measure and the current political dynamics at play.

GUEST: Arthur Delaney, senior congressional reporter at HuffPost