US President Joe Biden (REUTERS / Tom Brenner)
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate on Saturday approved President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan after an overnight session that saw Democrats run out of aid. Unemployment and Republican minorities failed to try to incorporate some amendments.
The final project includes $ 400 billion in one-time payments of $ 1,400 to most Americans, $ 300 a week in extended unemployment benefits for 9.5 million people who were left out of work in crisis, and $ 350 billion in state aid. And local governments with budget problems.
The Senate passed 50–49, with no Republicans voting in favor of what would be one of the largest stimulus packages in American history.
However, the fight is not over yet, as the project needs to be returned to the Chamber of Deputies, which approved a slightly different version a week ago.
To amend unemployment benefits within the Democratic Party and all-night efforts by Republicans to amend a bill that is popular with voters in the elections exposes voters to the difficulty that Biden has in other policies in Congress Will help approve – Democrats control with a small majority.
The Senate broke the record for the largest single vote in the modern era – 11 hours and 50 minutes – as Democrats negotiated unemployment benefits on a moderate basis to satisfy centrists such as Senator Joe Manchin, who worried that so much Larger packages can heat the economy.
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