WASHINGTON — Ten Republican senators wrote a letter Sunday requesting a meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss a slimmed-down coronavirus relief plan they say can win bipartisan support.The Republicans propose a relief package that is much smaller than Biden’s $1.9 trillion proposal. Their offer includes $160 billion for vaccines, $4 billion for health and substance abuse services, the continuation of current unemployment aid and unspecified “targeted” economic assistance and help for schools.”We recognize your calls for unity and want to work in good faith with your Administration to meet the health, economic, and societal challenges of the COVID crisis,” read the letter, led by Sens. Susan Collins of Maine. The other signatories are Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Bill Cassidy, R-La., Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Todd Young, R-Ind., Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Thom Tillis, R-N.C. and Mitt Romney, R-Utah.It is a Republican-only proposal at a time when Democrats control the White House and Congress. But it will test Biden’s calls for unity and bipartisanship while promising lofty policy goals.Brian Deese, the White House director of the National Economic Council, told NBC’s “Meet The Press” Sunday that Biden “is open to ideas wherever they come.””What he’s

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