Biden to pitch stimulus bill in Wisconsin, U.S. state hard hit by pandemic

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Tuesday to press his case for a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in the political battleground state that helped secure his victory in last year’s presidential election.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said last week that Biden would do a CNN town hall with voters while visiting the state, hard hit by the pandemic and its economic fallout.

“That’s an opportunity to hear directly from people about how the dual crises are impacting them,” she told reporters.

Biden has traveled to...