Biden’s COVID Package Is Overwhelmingly Popular. Republicans Hate It Anyway. “I would be surprised if there was support in the Republican caucus if the bill comes out at $1.9 trillion,” said Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. By Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney

 Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Polls show President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package is overwhelmingly popular with the American people,

but that isn’t stopping Republicans from lining up against it.

According to a survey conducted by The Economist/YouGov, 66% of

Susan Collins

Americans back Biden’s plan, which includes $1,400 stimulus checks,

added unemployment assistance, an expanded child tax credit, and

hundreds of billions of dollars for

schools and vaccine distribution. A survey released Tuesday by Morning Consult

showed the plan polling even higher, at 76% with all Americans, including 60% of Republicans. 

Congressional bills rarely see this kind of public support, especially in a

political atmosphere as divided as this one.