A man makes his way past the US Capitol as the House of Representatives voted on legislation to provide $1.9-trillion in new coronavirus relief, in Washington, the US, February 26 2021. Picture: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUEPresident Joe Biden called on legislators to quickly approve his $1.9-trillion Covid-19 aid package, which passed the House of Representatives early on Saturday and heads to the Senate.
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said in a two-part tweet that the stimulus bill “ensures that people make it to the other side of this pandemic and are met there by a strong, growing economy”. Democrats have all but abandoned efforts to pass a bipartisan package, accusing Republicans of balking at the price tag while Republicans say Biden’s bill goes well beyond pandemic-related measures.GOP Representative Devin Nunes on Saturday called Biden’s stimulus plan a “slush fund” for Democrats to use over the next four years.
Pelosi brushed off those sentiments, describing the plan in a letter to colleagues as “coronavirus-centric”. The president has said he believes the risk facing the US is not that they overdo it, but that they don’t do enough and become trapped in a cycle of sluggish growth coming out of the coronavirus crisis, similar to the outcome of the 2008/2009 recession. Several business groups have called on Congress to approve Biden’s package or a version of it.
Biden on Saturday didn’t address the minimum wage issue or an initiative in the Senate to place a tax penalty on big companies as a way of forcing them to pay higher wages. Pelosi in her letter said “the House will continue our fight for 15”.
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