Discussions on the Sunday morning political talk shows turned to the Democrats’ social spending plan after the House late last week passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to the White House for President Biden’s signature.
Administration officials also weighed in on a court ruling that temporarily halted Biden’s vaccine mandate for large companies.
Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.
| White House senior adviser touts spending package after infrastructure passage |
| By MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
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| White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond touted the Democrats’ social spending package on Sunday after the House passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill two days earlier, signaling that the administration is now focusing its attention on the larger package, which lawmakers have vowed to pass later this month.
“We need to get it done,” Richmond told guest host Bill Hemmer on “Fox News Sunday” of the $1.75 trillion social spending package, which includes funding to expand social programs and address climate change. |
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| White House chief of staff ‘confident’ vaccine mandate will be upheld |
| By CAROLINE VAKIL |
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| “I’m quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated, not just a temporary order, the validity of this requirement will be upheld. It’s common sense, Chuck, if OSHA can tell people to wear a hard hat on the job, to be careful around chemicals, it can put in place these simple measures to keep our workers safe,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain told “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd on NBC News. |
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