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Joe Biden unveils a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan with $1,400 direct payments and federal unemployment benefits

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President-elect Joe Biden laid out his plan for another $1.9 trillion economic rescue package on Thursday.

Biden’s proposal includes:

  • A $1,400 top-up for stimulus checks which will bring the total distributed amount to $2,000.
  • $130 billion in funds to reopen schools.
  • $350 billion in state and local assistance.

Biden faces a delicate balancing act in the initial days of his presidency. Democrats are poised to control the full levers of power in Washington for the first time in a decade, but the prospect of a second impeachment trial for President Donald Trump threatens to slow down cabinet confirmations and other details ⇒

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