In a great victory for President Joe Biden, fifty days after his arrival at the White House, the US Congress, on Wednesday, approved his huge economic plan.
According to Arabiya Net, the plan, which is valued at $ 1900 billion and required months to complete, is one of the largest American rescue packages ever and will affect all aspects of the world's largest economies for years to come.
Despite the unification of Republicans to oppose the plan, and a Democratic representative joined them, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives succeeded in approving the plan with 220 votes to 211 against it.
On Friday, the US President is scheduled to sign the plan to turn into law, in a timely manner, to avoid suspending exceptional unemployment benefits.
"This law provides those who form the backbone of our country - the workers who built it and keep it going - an opportunity to resist," Biden said in a statement minutes after House ratification.
"We are at a critical juncture in the history of our country," Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in the session hall.
"We have a real opportunity for change," she added, reiterating the message Joe Biden sent Americans months ago: Support is coming.
The plan funds vaccines against COVID-19, maintains unemployment benefits for millions of people, raises to $ 1,400 the value of support checks for most Americans, and expands federal funding for the health care sector.
It also extends the suspension of evictions and foreclosures, increases food aid, and allocates $ 130 billion to schools.
Democrats believe that expanding the tax exemption based on the number of children will reduce child poverty in half.
"We will act very quickly now (and) we will revive the economy," Democratic Representative Hakim Jeffries said in the House of Representatives. "We'll rebuild better for people," he added. Help is on the way.
For their part, Republican lawmakers denounce the socialist agenda of the plan and its high cost, and stress that more than 90% of its value will not be allocated to combat Covid-19 directly.
Republican Minority Leader in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy said that the economic recovery plan is only a priority list for the left and is not responding to the pandemic.
"To be clear, this is not a rescue plan," he added in the council room. It is a long list of the priorities of the left prior to the pandemic and does not respond to the needs of Americans, stressing that only 9% of the 1900 billion worth of the program is related to combating Covid.
As for Republican Representative Marjorie Tylon Greene, who tried unsuccessfully to block the vote early Wednesday, she said that spending this large amount is reckless, irresponsible and wrong to do. But Americans see outside the snitch ...
