- Two-thirds of Americans support President
Joe Biden 's COVID-19 relief plan, according to a poll conducted by Yahoo News. - The two most popular elements of Biden's plan are $2,000
stimulus checks and increased federal funding for vaccinations, with an increase to the federal minimum wage following closely behind. - White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain called Biden's plan "bipartisan" in response to the survey results, though it remains hotly debated in
Congress .
More than two-thirds of Americans support core elements of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief package, including stimulus checks and a minimum wage increase, despite support among lawmakers split down party lines.
In a $4 released by Yahoo News on Monday, responses indicated a majority of Americans favor Biden's plans to provide pandemic relief, with the two most popular elements being a $1,400 top-up to stimulus payments and increased federal funding for vaccinations. 58% of the survey participants also supported increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, a point that is among the most contentious provisions of the president's proposal in Congress.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain $4 about the survey results on Tuesday and said that Biden's agenda is bipartisan, given that the majority of the respondents favored the proposals.
—Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) $4
However, Biden's plan is facing a partisan path. On Monday, a group of 10 Republican senators met with the president to discuss their counter-proposal, which is projected to cost $618 billion - $4 of Biden's $2 trillion pan. The counter-proposal did not include a minimum wage increase and suggested $1,000 stimulus checks.
Biden and his administration have $4 that they will not cut down elements of the stimulus plan just to get a bill passed, and with Democrats $4 on Monday to get Biden's aid package passed through budget reconciliation, bipartisanship will be unlikely.
"Congress has a responsibility to quickly deliver immediate comprehensive relief to the American people hurting from COVID-19," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a joint statement. "The cost of inaction is high and growing, and the time for decisive action is now."