The White House and Senate leaders have agreed on $2 trillion as a measure help workers, businesses and health care which are all part of the economy hit by coronavirus.?
This is after many days of discussion in the midst of intense pressure?
¡°Ladies and gentlemen, we are done. We have a deal,¡± Ueland said as per a report in AP.?
The unprecedented economic rescue package would give direct payments to most Americans, expand unemployment benefits and provide a $367 billion program for small businesses to keep making payroll while workers are forced to stay home.?
One of the last issues to close concerned $500 billion for guaranteed, subsidized loans to larger industries, including a fight over how generous to be with the airlines. Hospitals would get significant help as well.?
After days of pressure, unusual partisanship in a crisis, and intense haggling over the fine print, negotiators were almost done with a $2 trillion bill to respond to what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called ¡°the most serous threat to Americans¡¯ health in over a century and quite likely the greatest risk to America¡¯s jobs and prosperity that we¡¯ve seen since the Great Depression.¡±?
The final details proved nettlesome as Trump administration officials continued negotiations deep into the night.
10,000 new cases were reported in the US in just one day and the total tally is over 43,700 with more than 700 deaths. The disease has taken the lives of over 17,000 people all over the world and around 400,000 people are affected.?