Senators drew arguments about an amendment to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief kit.The SLOT US Senate has approved a $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package, including a third stimulus worth up to $ 1,400 and expanding benefits for families and small businesses. The Senate voted Saturday after the full 628-page readings of the bill on Thursday and more than 24-hour voting sessions that started Friday and stretched overnight as the process was caught up in debate over benefits. unemployed Democrats voted for a series of Republicans amendments during the marathon, called the A-Arama vote, before approving the relief kit by 50-49 votes for. W. Dan Sullivan, a Republican from Alaska, returned home to attend the family funeral and was not in the final ballot.
Remarks by the Senate Majority and the Minority Leader before the vote underscore the partisan division of the bill. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Majority Leader from New York Democrats, said the bill was "It will provide more assistance to people than anything the federal government has done in decades," Kentucky Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said of the Senate. "Never spend $ 2 trillion in an improper way or go through a less rigorous process. On Friday, the Senate Democrats made a major concession, agreeing to drop a bid to raise unemployment benefits to $ 400 a week. Under the White House-assisted agreement, the Senate approved an amendment to extend unemployment benefits through Sept. 6 for $ 300 a week.
Readings and discussions began after Vice President Kamala Harris took over the monopoly in the Senate after a 50-50 vote on whether to continue the bill.The next step is for the two rooms to resolve the differences in the bill before the House and Senate approve the final one and send it to President Joe Biden to sign the law.The council passed a stimulus package called the America's Aid Plans 2021 Act on Feb. 26. The action would provide a third stimulus payment of up to $ 1,400 to be delivered to Americans with. Eligibility later this month This will be in line with the first two stimulus payments of $ 1,200 and $ 600 from last year.Here's the key difference between $ 1,400, $ 600, and $ 1,200 checks, and here's what parents and retirees need to know.
