Updated on: January 15, 2021 / 9:26 AM / CBS NEWS Biden s relief bill is right on the mark, economist says
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief package, an ambitious plan that includes a drive to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office. Meanwhile, President Trump s post-presidency future remains unclear as he faces a trial in the Senate although Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would not reconvene before January 19, the day before Mr. Trump leaves office.
Speaking from Wilmington, Delaware, Mr. Biden announced what could be the signature legislation of his first 100 days. It s expensive legislation with three major targets: $400 billion for arresting the spread of COVID-19 and increasing vaccine capabilities; over $1 trillion to assist families needing direct financial support; and $440 billion in emergency funds for cash-poor small businesses and communities.
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How Trumpâs Allies Are Still Defending Him: Denial, Deflection, Disinformation
They falsely claimed President Trump had no role in spurring the assault on the Capitol. They resorted to false equivalencies. Some even questioned whether the mob was an anti-Trump âfalse flag.â
Many of President Trumpâs sympathizers tried to shift the focus away from the mob scene in Washington on Wednesday.Credit.Kenny Holston for The New York Times
This was one mob they found a way to excuse.
Even as scores of President Trumpâs usually unfailing loyalists condemned him for moving too slowly to call off the swarm of demonstrators that stormed and ransacked the Capitol, many of his most vocal and visible allies in Congress, the media and conservative politics still could not bring themselves to fault him for the surreal and frightening attack carried out by people he had just urged to âfight like hell.â
These Are The Senate Republicans Against $2000 Stimulus Checks for Americans
On 12/30/20 at 12:05 PM EST
President Donald Trump s push for bigger $2,000 stimulus checks stalled Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led a Republican effort to block a Senate vote on increasing individual COVID-19 relief payments to Americans.
McConnell has remained silent on the matter but blocked two proposals to expand the amount of the direct checks.
After blocking Senate Minority Leader Check Schumer s attempt to unanimously pass a bill to increase individual stimulus checks on Tuesday, McConnell introduced a bill that combined the $2,000 payments with a repeal of Section 230 s liability protections for internet platforms and the creation of an election fraud commission.
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