The White House says Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package is the most ‘progressive piece of legislation in history.’ Top progressives agree.

The White House says Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package is the most ‘progressive piece of legislation in history.’ Top progressives agree.

President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is on track to become the first major legislation of his administration. He's touting it as a progressive achievement “” and many progressives are on board with the sentiment.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday described the massive bill aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic's economic fallout as "the most progressive piece of legislation in history." 

Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and a leading champion for many of the progressive policies included in the bill, expressed a similar viewpoint over the weekend. He called the stimulus "the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working people in the modern history of this country" upon its passage in the Senate on Saturday.

Progressives, too, are taking credit for the bill. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called the stimulus a "truly progressive and bold package that delivers on its promise to put money directly in people's pockets."

"We take the win," Jayapal told Politico's Sarah Ferris on Capitol Hill on Monday. "We believe it's our work that made it as progressive as it is."

The legislation, which is due for a vote in the House this week, represents unity within