In a speech last week, President-elect Biden announced his plans for an additional $1.9 trillion relief package to further address the ongoing COVID pandemic, asking Congress to pass legislation supporting his plan in the coming weeks. This would add to the already passed and signed into law COVID relief packages, including the $900 billion relief program from December, and March legislation that provided approximately $2 trillion. Biden released a 19-page outline of his proposal, and the main highlights of the package include:
Noticeably absent from the proposal is limited liability protection for businesses operating during the pandemic, and some Republican lawmakers have put out statements criticizing the package, showing the potential for additional negotiations needed in Congress without Democrats seeking COVID relief through reconciliation or through eliminating the filibuster.
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