President- Elect Joe Biden introduces " American Rescue" Package

President Elect Joe Biden announced the economic stimulus package that tackled the $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19. The American Rescue Plan includes measures that the vaccines will be widely distributed, and incentives aimed at keeping families and businesses afloat.

What is in the Rescue Plan?

-Direct payments of $1,400 to Americans, bringing the total relief to $2,000, including recent $600 payments
-Increasing the federal, per-week unemployment benefit to $400 and extension till end of September 2021
-Increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
-Extending the eviction and foreclosure moratoriums until the end of September 2021
-$350 billion in state and local government aid
-$170 billion for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education
-$50 billion toward Covid-19 testing
-$20 billion for national vaccine program
-Making the Child Tax Credit fully refundable for the year and increasing the credit to $3,000 per child
President Elect Joe Biden said “We have to act, and we have to act now. I know what I just described does not come cheaply, but failure to do so will cost us dearly,”

Is Congress Ready to Approve the Biden's New Package?

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Congress would get right to work on President-elect Biden’s stimulus package."The emergency relief framework announced by the incoming Biden-Harris administration tonight is the right approach,”said by Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement. Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Republican Senator Josh Hawley indicated to support the Biden's package however Democrat Joe Manchin has expressed his skepticism on the package after Biden's press conference.