Washington Washington – The House approved the final version of President Biden 91.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill On Wednesday, the new president was handed a significant legislative victory as he works to stabilize the economy, which is still struggling to recover from the threes of the Covid-19 epidemic.
The bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act, passed with 220 to 211 votes. A Democrat – Maine’s Jared Golden – voted against the move, with all Republicans voting. Gold had previously voted against the House version of the bill, which passed last week. The law will soon lead to Mr. Biden’s desk, where he will sign it on Friday, the White House said. The Senate approved the bill along the party line after the marathon voting session on Saturday.
In just 49 days of his presidency, Mr. Biden has secured that he can prove the achievement of his presidency-defining domestic policy, injecting hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy and accelerating his administration’s efforts to accelerate vaccinations, reopen schools and get unemployed Americans. Is. Back to work White House Press Secretary Jane Sasaki said the president, Vice President Kamala Harris and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden once clears Congress and plans to tour to promote the package when the law is signed into law on Friday.
Mr Biden celebrated the passage of his plan following the House vote and praised House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, while recruiting the package by Congress and maintaining unity among them, calling her “the best and most capable speaker in the history of our nation.” House Democrats.
“This law is to give the backbone of this country – the essential workers, the working people who have built this country, the people who are continuing this country – a chance to fight,” the president said.
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Democratic members of the House and Senate met after the bill was passed for the registration ceremony, during which Democratic leaders signed the bill into the final step before heading to the White House for Mr. Biden’s signature.
“This is an important day in the history of our country because we have passed a historic, result-oriented and transformative law,” Pelosi said in a comment.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that if Georgia voters elected a pair of Democrats to the upper chamber, splitting 0-50, Harris kept his promise to relieve the American people by giving a tie-breaking vote.
“What do we call America?” He said. “We tell America, ‘Help is moving forward.'”
This is reminiscent of the successful push for the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act by former President Barack Obama shortly after he took office in 2009 to remove the federation. But that bill is less than half the cost of the American rescue plan, and Mr. Biden, then vice president, has concluded that it is better to grow up, even if it means sacrificing some bilateral support.
The American Rescue Plan provides 1, 1,400 in direct payments to up to 75,000 individuals annually, $ 350 billion to state and local governments, and 14 14 billion for vaccine distribution. The bill also provides ૧ 1 billion to primary, middle and high schools to help keep them safe.
This includes બે 300 billion in weekly unemployment benefits in September and an extended tax credit of up to 3, 6,600 per child initially distributed in monthly installments. According to an analysis of the Centre’s budget and policy priorities, the child tax credit could lift 4 million children out of poverty.
More than billion 50 billion will be disbursed to small businesses, including 7 7 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill also provides રાહ 25 billion in relief for small and medium-sized restaurants that have suffered significantly during the epidemic.
The move expands eligibility for subsidies for people of all incomes to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a provision that is particularly controversial for Republicans who oppose the bill. Encourages states to expand medical aid under the ACA by paying for new recipients by the federal government. Once the bill becomes law, millions of people will be able to save hundreds of dollars in health care costs.
Pasaki told reporters Tuesday that many Americans will begin receiving their stimulus checks by the end of the month, and they will not tolerate Mr. Biden’s signature. Former President Donald Trump printed his name on a relief check under an earlier phase of aid.
Democrats have announced an economic relief package that provides much-needed lifelines to families most severely affected by the epidemic. But Republicans in both chambers are pushing for its 1. 1.9 trillion worth of tag and space measures, as well as the GOP by the Democrats’ Congress. Has criticized the decision to move the plan forward without support.
A version of the president’s relief plan passed the House last week, but the Senate amended the package and approved it in a 40-4 party-line vote. The lower chamber voted Wednesday on the Senate amended move.
The change in the Senate-amended measure reduces unemployment insurance benefits from 400 400 per week to 300 300 per week, but can be extended to September 6, instead of ending the additional support in August. It also made the first, 10,200 in unemployment in which households are non-taxable for homes under 150,000.
The bill amended by the Senate also limited eligibility for direct scrutiny. The compromises were negotiated to appease moderate Democrats in the Senate, especially Senator Manchin. With Democrats holding a 0-seat majority in the Senate, they need the support of all Democrats to pass any controversial legislation, meaning members like Manchin need to be silenced for the bill to pass.
Lawmakers used a process known as the budget compromise to launch a relief plan by both chambers, which allowed it to pass the Senate with a simple majority and without relying on Republican support. But the package had to comply with some of the rules governing the settlement process, which resulted in a 15 minimum wage increase being stripped from the original proposal passed in the House.
Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who consulted with Democrats, introduced an amendment to the final bill that would raise the minimum wage to 15 15 an hour by 2025, but failed by 42-58 votes.
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