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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) says Biden should get started on coronavirus relief plan immediately

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A nurse of the Public Health Service prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 2, 2021.

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.