Biden to unveil $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan with more stimulus checks Print
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Written by The Hill Press   
Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:35

biden-pres-elec-newsPlan provides $1,400 in additional stimulus checks, bringing total to $2,000, extends key unemployment programs from mid-March through the end of September and increases weekly unemployment supplement from $300 to $400.


WASHINGTON, DC - President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday will unveil a $1.9 trillion package to provide economic relief to Americans and businesses and help fund an ambitious coronavirus vaccine program with the goal of reaching 100 million doses by the end of his first 100 days in office.

Biden will unveil the package in an address Thursday evening from Wilmington, Del., six days before he will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States and his administration takes over the federal government’s response to COVID-19.

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