BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Results in Pennsylvania clinched a victory for the Biden/Harris ticket.
One of the state’s U.S. Senators is already looking ahead to legislative priorities.
Speaking with NPR, Democrat Bob Casey said the country’s need for a COVID relief bill cannot wait until the next administration takes office.
“We need a relief bill right now, for food security, more money for Medicaid, more money for state and local governments, a strategy to get deaths down in nursing homes, which is a tragedy within the larger tragedy. So a lot of work to do to get that done. We should start that now, long before there’s a new administration.”
Casey also called for a ‘New Deal’ type jobs program to aid in economic recovery from the pandemic.