Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a plan from 10 Republican U.S. senators responding to President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package. Kokai offered these comments during the Feb. 5, 2021, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
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