President-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has "devastating consequences" for Americans.
Trump has not yet signed the joint $900 billion relief package and government spending bill that Congress passed this week, saying that the bill doesn't provide enough money in direct payments and includes "wasteful and unnecessary items," despite it largely meeting his administration's budget proposal.
Biden argued Saturday -- the day unemployment benefits for more than 12 million Americans who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic are set to expire -- that the bill is "critical" and "needs to be signed into law now."
Biden, who won't take office until January 20, called the bill a "first step and down payment on more action" needed early next year to "revive the economy and contain the pandemic."
He added that he was "heartened" to see Congress heed Americans' demands for compromise and bipartisan action amid the pandemic.
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"President Trump should join them, and make sure millions of Americans can put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads in this holiday season," the President-elect said.