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US lawmakers avert shutdown but Covid deal elusive
published : 19 Dec 2020 at 11:45
15 US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, walks to the Senate Floor at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on December 18, 2020
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers struggling to reach a critical pandemic relief and federal spending deal struck a last-minute agreement Friday to avert a midnight shutdown of the government and extend negotiations through the weekend.
Congressional leaders are frantically trying to resolve sticking points in a roughly $900 billion measure aimed at providing emergency relief for millions of Americans on the verge of losing key benefits.
Because the pandemic relief plan is tied to passage of a separate $1.4 trillion federal spending package, the impasse threatened to temporarily shut down the government a scenario not unheard of in politically divided Washington, but disastrous given the worsening
2nd Covid-19 Vaccine Hits Streets Of USA, No News Yet On Caribbean Distribution.
Photo: Moderna. The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is the second vaccine to hit the streets in the US, following the Pfizer vaccine. The Russian Sputnik V vaccine is also expected to be administered in some countries, such as Argentina, before the New Year.
WASHINGTON, DC–December 17th, 2020–The COVID-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on 11 December.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized a Moderna coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, allowing the vaccine to be distributed in the US for use by individuals who are 18 years or older.
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The greenback resumed its recent losing streak and fell to fresh multi-year lows against its peers on Thursday on optimism that lawmakers in U.S. are nearing an agreement on the Covid-19 relief package together with a rise in U.S. stocks.
Reuters reported U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he hoped lawmakers would reach agreement on a coronavirus relief bill Thursday, saying agreement appeared close at hand. But McConnell told reporters who asked whether lawmakers would need to pass another stopgap funding bill to keep the government running while negotiations continue: We may.
On the data front, Reuters reported the number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week as a relentless wave of new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy s recovery from the pandemic recession was faltering. Initial claims for st