House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Friday that she was willing to move forward with a smaller coronavirus relief package with President-elect Biden headed to the White House and a vaccine on the way.
Pelosi previously encountered criticism for not supporting a moderate Democratic proposal, insisting on a much larger price tag.The current proposal from the Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of moderate Democrats, is $908 billion, significantly less than the $1.5 trillion proposed before the election.
In October, the White House had also proposed a $1.8 trillion package, roughly twice the size of the one Pelosi is now backing.
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