Newly-elected US President Joe Biden is planning to give 1,400 directly to every American.<\/p>\n
A week before taking office, he gave this good news to the American people.<\/p>\n
Biden on Thursday evening released a wide-ranging $1.9 trillion rescue plan to jump-start a lagging economy, exponentially ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, and provide direct aid to Americans with additional $1,400 stimulus checks.<\/p>\n
With less than a week until inauguration, Biden is giving Congress its first legislative task and asking lawmakers to swiftly pass additional emergency relief in the early days of his presidency. His plan, which comes a few weeks after Congress approved $900 billion in aid, is an ambitious proposal that includes provisions with bipartisan support as well as long-held party priorities.<\/p>\n
Speaking from Delaware, Biden said he’s laying out the first steps of his two-pronged plan for “rescue and recovery” and will release his second proposal next month when he addresses a joint session of Congress.<\/p>\n
“The crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight and there’s no time to waste. We have to act and we have to act now,” Biden said, adding that his plan will “tackle the pandemic and get direct financial assistance and relief to Americans who need it the most.”<\/p>\n
At the end of 2020, Democrats, including Biden, had rallied around $2,000 stimulus checks, especially when President Donald Trump signaled his 11th hour support for greatly increasing the amount of direct payments after Congress had already passed coronavirus relief in late December.<\/p>\n
The last emergency package ultimately provided $600 to individuals who make less than $75,000 and $1,200 to couples who earn under $150,000 with an additional $600 for each child. Under Biden’s plan, Americans would get an additional $1,400 boost.<\/p>\n
Other tenets of his plan include $175 billion to help with school reopening, an increase in federal unemployment benefits, $350 billion in state and local government aid and additional rental and food assistance. Biden would also pump tens of billions of dollars into a national vaccination program as he pledges to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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