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US President Donald Trump demands improvements from Congress. Requires relief payments of $ 2,000 for people affected by the Corona crisis.
Calling Covid’s Aid Package “A Shame” – US President Donald Trump.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump has refused to sign the Corona crisis aid package approved by Congress. He called the bill Tuesday in a video message posted on the Twitter online service a “disgraceful” and demanded improvements.
Trump specifically demanded significantly higher support payments from American citizens. The bill provides for checks of $ 600 for people particularly affected by the Corona crisis. The president called this sum “ridiculous.” He asked for payments of $ 2,000 or $ 4,000 for married couples.
Trump asked Congress to present a new bill for him to sign. The current draft came after months of tough negotiations between Trump’s Republicans and opposition Democrats. It was approved by the House and Senate on Monday night.
Aid volume of $ 900 billion
Overall, Corona’s new crisis aid package has a gargantuan volume of about $ 900 billion. This includes unemployment benefits of $ 300 a week each. $ 25 billion is budgeted for the housing sector. This is to prevent tenants who are in financial difficulty from having to move out. There should also be aid of almost one hundred billion dollars for schools and nurseries.
The new aid program is intended to complement previous measures against the economic and social consequences of the pandemic. The United States Congress had already launched a gigantic economic program in March. At a volume of $ 2.2 trillion, it was the largest aid package in American history. Then the funds were completed in April with another aid program.
US President-elect Joe Biden, who will replace Trump on January 20, is targeting another in the next year after the currently available Corona aid package, as he said Tuesday. Unlike Trump, Biden praised the compromise between political fields.
