How Democrats can use Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief to win the midterms
by Joan E Greve in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5FKNP)
The bill's passage may be the party's best chances of avoiding a historical trend and keeping control of both chambers of Congress after next year's elections
Just days after signing the $1.9tn coronavirus relief package into law, Joe Biden was on the road selling the benefits of the bill to the American people - and also to his own party's political prospects.
The president kicked off his Help is Here" tour last Tuesday, visiting a Black-owned flooring business in Chester, Pennsylvania. We're in a position where it's going to bring immediate relief - $1,400 - to 85% of the American public," Biden said as he toured Smith Flooring. And I think you should be aware: more help is on the way, for real."
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