'The things that Democrats stood firm for, expanding unemployment, helping states and counties, investing in hospitals, transparency on the big fund' are now all included, the Delaware Democrat said on CNBC's 'Squawk Box.'
Wall Street and Main Street had been on edge as Americans awaited congressional action on the massive relief bill to soften the crushing economic blow from the coronavirus.on Sunday and Monday, arguing that it did not do enough to help workers and that the money set aside to aid large corporations lacked proper oversight.
The aid for local governments was one of the reasons an agreement on the relief package was not struck earlier, he added.
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