US House of Representatives approves $1.9 trillion in economic stimulus bill… To the Senate (complementary)
Including a plan to raise the minimum wage by $15
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference with Democrats at the Washington DC Capitol ahead of a plenary vote of the House of Representatives on an economic stimulus bill worth $1.9 trillion (about 2100 trillion won) on the 26th (local time). Washington EPA = Yonhap News)
[아시아경제 김흥순 기자] The US House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion (about 2140 trillion won) relief bill for Corona 19.
According to local foreign media including the US Congressional Journal’The Hill’, the Buyangan was passed with 219 votes in favor and 212 opposition in the entire House of Representatives vote. Considering that the current House of Representatives seats are allocated 221 seats for the Democratic Party, 211 seats for the Republican Party, and three vacant seats, a vote was made according to the party.
The stimulus plan also included plans to pay $1,400 in cash per adult in the United States, extend additional unemployment benefits, expand vaccinations and tests, and fund normalization of schools. In addition, the Democratic Party has also added a bill that raises the federal minimum wage from $7.5 to $15, and pushed for a batch process.
The stimulus bill goes to the Senate and goes through a voting process after discussions for the next two weeks, but it is predicted that it will not be easy to deal with the plan to raise the minimum wage in the Senate. Earlier, Senate Secretary-General Elizabeth McDonough decided that the previous day’s minimum wage increase could not be included in the’budget adjustment’.
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