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    10 Senate Republicans Outline $600B Counteroffer To Biden's COVID-19 Relief Bill

    The senators are asking to work with President Biden on a coronavirus relief package that they believe could be approved "quickly by Congress with bipartisan support."
    by Barbara Sprunt Jan 31, 2021 3 minutes
    Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, seen here at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, is leading a group of Republican senators who have written to President Biden with a request to detail a COVID-19 rescue counterproposal.

    Updated at 8:56 p.m. ET

    Ten Republican senators on Sunday requested a meeting with President Biden to detail a smaller counterproposal to his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, an alternative they believe could be approved "quickly by Congress with bipartisan support."

    The outreach from more moderate GOP lawmakers, led by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, came as many Democrats look to a process called budget reconciliation, which would potentially enable Democrats to approve the president's plan without any Republican support.

    "We recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith with your dated Sunday.

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