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Biden ramps up vaccine push with call for $100 payments
"Look, this is not about red states and blue states. It's literally about life and death," the president said.
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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.
"Look, this is not about red states and blue states. It's literally about life and death," the president said.
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