WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has invited Maine Senator Susan Collins along with other Republican senators to the White House to discuss a COVID-19 relief plan, the White House said on Sunday.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden spoke with Collins, who was one of 10 Republican senators who sent a letter to the president requesting a meeting.

"The President spoke to Senator Collins, and invited her and other signers of the letter to come to the White House early this week for a full exchange of views," Psaki said.