- Biden slammed GOP lawmakers who have touted his
American Rescue Plan but voted against it. - "I mean, some people have no shame," he said in a speech on Thursday.
- "They're bragging about the Rescue Plan," he added.
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"I mean, some people have no shame," Biden said with a laugh during a speech on the state of the economy in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Some of the benefits that GOP members have boasted about include federal aid for restaurants and community health centers, Biden said. Key elements of the bill included $1,400 direct stimulus payments for individuals, funding for state and local governments and an expansion of the child tax credit.
The president said he's "happy" that Republicans are aware the stimulus package benefited voters in their home states, but urged them not to get in the way of delivering more help to the American people.
"If you're going to try to take credit for what you've done, don't get in the way of what we still need to do. The bottom line is this: The Biden economic plan is working," he said.
Biden's remarks come as the