Hope for stimulus as Biden pushes latest $908BILLION deal, saying it’s ‘a good start’
HOPE is growing for a second stimulus package as Joe Biden backed the latest $908billion proposal, saying it’s “a good start”.
"I think it should be passed," Biden said about the latest bipartisan proposal during an interview with on Thursday.
The relief package includes $288billion in small business aid, $160billion in state and local government relief and $180billion to fund a $300 per week supplemental unemployment benefit through March.
According to a draft framework, the package would also put $16billion into vaccine distribution, testing and contact tracing.
"In the spirit of compromise we believe the bipartisan framework introduced by Senators yesterday should be used as the basis for immediate bipartisan, bicameral negotiations," Schumer and Pelosi said on Wednesday.
Drew Hammill, Pelosi's chief of staff, on Thursday that both McConnell and the House Speaker "shared commitment to completing an omnibus and COVID relief as soon as possible."
“We had a good conversation. I think we’re both interested in getting an outcome, both on the omnibus and on a coronavirus package,” McConnell said.
reported that McConnell's outline is very close to the legislation that the Senate leader has been proposing for months, which was rejected by Democrats.
For months, the Senate Leader has been proposing a .
However, Schumer cast doubt on the proposal's future, saying the Senate leader had not sought support from Democrats.
Plans for a second coronavirus relief package have also been , who've called the $1,200 stimulus check "essential".
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