Joe Biden seeks to pass $1.9 trillion relief plan amid warning about 600,000 Covid-19 deaths

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The president called for the passage of his ‘American Rescue Plan’ through Congress.

Image: Pool/ABACA/PA Image: Pool/ABACA/PA US PRESIDENT JOE Biden has said “well over 600,000″ Americans could die of Covid-19 as he stepped up federal aid in the world’s worst-hit country.

“The virus is surging,” Biden told reporters at the White House before signing executive orders boosting food aid and speeding up stimulus payments to Americans. Biden is having to push Congress for funding while simultaneously getting his government confirmed – Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin won Senate approval Friday – and bracing for turmoil from the impeachment trial.

But Congress, having already passed two huge economic relief bills, is reluctant. The president’s Democratic Party has only a small majority in the House and a razor-thin advantage in the Senate.Brian Deese, director of the White House’s National Economic Council, said Republicans and Democrats in Congress must find ways to manage the clashing issues.

 

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