Senin, 08 Maret 2021

Left-wing Democrats stand in way of Joe Biden's $1.9tn Covid relief bill - The Times

President Biden faced an anxious 48 hours after left-wing Democrats threatened to torpedo a giant $1.9 trillion spending bill on which he has staked much of his authority and hopes for an American recovery.

The blockbuster Covid relief bill would give hundreds of thousands of Americans cheques of up to $1,400 each in an effort to bolster the pandemic-ravaged economy, and its approval by the Senate was hailed as the centrepiece of Biden’s first 100 days.

However, the so-called American Rescue Plan has to go back to the House of Representatives where left-wingers were scathing about cuts to proposed unemployment benefits and the minimum wage introduced in horse-trading to get it through the upper house.

White House advisers warned yesterday that there was “no room

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