Criticism Mounts Over Biden’s Rescue Plan

Criticism Mounts Over Biden’s Rescue Plan
President Joe Biden holds a meeting on cancer with Vice President Kamala Harris and other lawmakers in the Oval Office at the White House on March 3, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Emel Akan
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WASHINGTON—A substantial increase in personal savings and better-than-expected tax revenues in many states have weakened the case for President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion economic relief bill, which is now before the Senate.

While Biden continues to defend his “American Rescue Plan” to fight the pandemic, a growing number of critics question the size of the proposed spending.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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