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The US economy is receiving nearly $ 900 billion in long-awaited aid, after negotiators in Congress finally agreed on Sunday.
This was announced by the Republican Majority Leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, on Sunday. He write on Twitter that Americans no longer have to fight coronavirus alone.
– Congress has just reached an agreement. We will adopt a new crisis package as soon as possible. More help is on the way, it is further said.
Chuck Schumer of the Democrats has also spoken out on the crisis package.
– We finally have good news, he says.
In a joint statement, Schumer and the leader of the House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, say the crisis package will save lives and jobs.
– We will crush the virus and put the American people money in their pockets.
300,000 deaths per crown in the United States
Huge value
So help is finally on the way for both the business community and the American population. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the proposal on Monday, before the Senate does the same, the AP news agency reported.
The crisis package contains funds to cover the costs of delivering the vaccine.
Most Americans receive a check for $ 600 and the unemployed receive an additional $ 300 per week. The business community, for its part, will receive crisis aid worth $ 300 billion.
$ 25 billion will go to help people with rentals, while $ 45 billion will go to airlines and transportation systems.
The package has a value of about 900 billion dollars, equivalent to 7.852 billion crowns. By comparison, the Norwegian state budget is NOK 1,443 million.
CRISIS PACKAGE: Congress has agreed to a new comprehensive package for the crown crisis, says Mitch McConnell. Photo: Susan Walsh / AP / NTB
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Long awaited package
The crisis package will be Congress’s first major package since the massive $ 1.8 trillion CARES package was unanimously adopted in March, when the pandemic began.
That package meant an additional $ 600 for the unemployed a week and a direct payment of $ 1,200 for everyone. It also had a clause that prohibited people from being evicted from their homes if they did not pay the rent.
– The president is blindfolded
But the package expired this summer and since then it has not been possible to adopt a new one. Although Trump was partially intent on a new package, Republicans in Congress held back for a longer time due to skepticism about expensive new programs. They only wanted to agree on around 700 billion.
Democrats, for their part, demanded a package of at least $ 2 billion, which must include programs to support state and local governments.
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