Claire McCaskill said "I think it does, something close to that. You know, this is the way we used to do it. You get enough people in the middle that would cobble something together and then try to bring the two sides in. And I think they realize that to wait until after Joe Biden is inaugurated would be brutal for so many Americans. And, frankly, some money now may be more powerful than more money later for those people who are facing eviction, for those people whose businesses are on the brink of destruction. So I do think it passes." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 2, 2020

I think it does, something close to that. You know, this is the way we used to do it. You get enough people in the middle that would cobble something together and then try to bring the two sides in. And I think they realize that to wait until after Joe Biden is inaugurated would be brutal for so many Americans. And, frankly, some money now may be more powerful than more money later for those people who are facing eviction, for those people whose businesses are on the brink of destruction. So I do think it passes.

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Claire McCaskill

Democratic · Missouri

Source

msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill expresses optimism about the passage of a COVID relief aid package, emphasizing the urgency of providing assistance before Biden's inauguration.

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