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.
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.