The US Senate approves the budget plan to approve the Covid-19 bailout package worth $ 1,900 billion of the new President Biden.

After about 15 hours of debate and vote on dozens of amendments, the US Senate fell to a stalemate in passing the Covid-19 bailout, proposed by President Joe Biden, with 50 votes in favor and 50 votes.

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US President Joe Biden spoke before signing a number of decrees at the White House, January 28 Photo: Reuters

US Vice President Kamala Harris then voted in favor, breaking the deadlock and bringing victory to the Democrats.

Just before the final vote, the Democrats released a number of amendments that reversed the results of previous elections, including issues regarding the future of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the Covid bailout package-

Biden announced a relief package worth $ 1,900 billion on January 14, including $ 415 billion to improve disease response and the deployment of Covid-19 vaccine, $ 1,000 billion to support families directly, about

Americans are expected to receive $ 1,400 instead of $ 600 under the bailout package implemented from the end of December 2020.

An additional stimulus package will be announced for economic recovery a few weeks after the bailout package of 1.9 trillion USD, an official said.

Covid-19 broke out in December 2019, appeared in 219 countries and territories with more than 105 million cases, nearly 2.3 million deaths and more than 77 million people recovered.