The negotiations were tough.
Then the two big parties agreed on a new stimulus package.
Donald Trump doesn't care.
Now Joe Biden joins in too.
Congress had agreed on a new
Corona stimulus package
, but
Donald Trump *
does not like the result.
Instead of $ 600 in aid for the Americans, he wants $ 2,000 - to the delight of the
Democrats
.
Should
Congress
not send him a "suitable" bill, Trump will probably veto.
Update from December 26th, 9.48 p.m.:
Now the designated
US President Joe Biden has
interfered
in the discussion about the
Corona aid package
.
He makes
serious reproaches to
his predecessor and current President
Donald Trump
.
The
republican's
stance of refusal
is irresponsible and will have "devastating consequences," said the
Biden
on Saturday.
Trump
must immediately sign the package.
Otherwise, ten million Americans would lose their unemployment benefits.
The
aid package
,
worth around $ 900 billion (about 730 billion euros)
, also includes an extension of unemployment benefits until the end of March.
In addition, many US citizens should receive a one-time payment of $ 600.
However, Trump
wanted to increase that amount to $ 2,000 and did not sign the legislative package.
That brought a lot of criticism to the outgoing president.
Democratic Senator
Elizabeth Warren wrote
on Twitter: "
Republicans
must stop playing games while Americans are starving."
Mitch McConnell and the @SenateGOP waited months to pass a shamefully insufficient relief bill.
Now Trump is abandoning families who desperately need unemployment checks for food and rent. The Republicans need to stop playing games while Americans starve.
https://t.co/h6ETNGFMYY
- Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 26, 2020
Actually,
Trump
would have
until the end of January
to sign
the
stimulus package
or to veto it.
But already on Monday the USA is threatened with a so-called
shutdown
.
Because together with the package, part of the federal government's budget was also passed.
It would be incapable of acting if it were not signed.
"In just a few days, the government's funding will run out, putting vital services and salaries for the military at risk," warned
Biden
.
From his inauguration on January 20, the soon-to-be US president also wants to campaign for another
economic stimulus package
to contain the pandemic and stimulate the economy.
Corona aid package in USA: Democrats follow Donald Trump's proposal
Update from December 25, 8:45 a.m.:
The dispute over the
Corona aid package in the US Congress
continues.
The outgoing US President
Donald Trump
had previously massively criticized the package of measures - and made a demand that
pleased
the
Democrats of
all people.
Instead of 600 dollars, the one-time and direct
aid payments
to most US citizens should be increased to 2000 dollars.
The Democrats' original request.
Nancy Pelosi
, chairwoman of the House of Representatives, readily agreed to Trump's request.
However, this was not particularly well received by the
Republicans in the US Congress
.
As reported by the
Associated French Press
, they spoke out against the $ 2,000 payout on Thursday - a concrete move by the Democrats.
Whereupon Pelosi appealed to Trump to exert pressure to end the "blockade" of party colleagues.
She also said the
Republican Party
"cruelly withheld" the $ 2,000 check from the population
Corona aid package in the USA: Donald Trump rejects and accuses Congress of not reading it
First report from December 23, 9:40 am:
Washington, DC - "It really is a shame."
Donald Trump
uses
this word to describe
the
corona stimulus package
of Congress
in a speech published on Twitter
.
Democrats and Republicans had argued over the aid for months.
No sooner have the House of Representatives and Senate passed the 5000-page text of the law than US President Trump once again does what he wants.
He
even
accuses the
congress
members of not having read the text "because of its length and complexity".
Trump calls for improvements.
Otherwise, at least as he suggests in the video, he would not sign the stimulus package with a volume of around 900 billion US dollars.
Congress has passed Corona stimulus package, but Donald Trump is not satisfied with the sums
Specifically, Trump demanded that the one-time and direct
aid payments
to most citizens should be increased from the "ridiculously low" 600 dollars to 2000 dollars.
In addition, he demanded the deletion of what he saw as “wasteful and unnecessary” expenditure.
pic.twitter.com/v9Rdjz6DNu
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2020
He counts large sums of money from the package and sums it up:
Money is being spent
on "foreign states, lobbyists and special interests", but Congress is sending "the bare essentials to the Americans who need it".
Because in relation to the
Corona crisis
he says, “It wasn't their fault, it was
China's
fault.” Repeating his accusations against China that they brought the virus into the world.
The
compromise
package, laboriously negotiated by both parties,
is intended, among other things, to help citizens in financial need and the unemployed, provide impetus for the troubled economy and provide additional funds for the fight against the coronavirus and vaccinations.
The Congress had it on Tuesday night with a very large majority.
Trump had stayed out of the
negotiations
.
If he should now actually use his
veto
, Congress could overrule him with a two-thirds majority.
USA / Congress: Nancy Pelosi approves Trump's demand - Republicans have resisted so far
Shortly before the end of his presidency, it would be the first time for Donald Trump that Congress overrode his veto.
Because of the
Christmas holidays
, it seemed uncertain whether the Congress would have enough time for it.
The
House of Representatives *
was re-elected on November 3, and also about a third of the seats in the
Senate *
stood for vote.
Parliament meets for a new legislative period at the beginning of January.
It seems uncertain whether newly elected MPs and senators would also approve a package that was previously negotiated without them.
In an unusual way,
Nancy Pelosi
, chairwoman of the House of Representatives,
agreed to a demand made by Trump
.
She said on Twitter that the
Democrats *
were immediately ready to resolve the direct aid payments of US $ 2,000 with a simplified procedure in parliament.
"Let's do it!" The
Republicans *
in Congress, especially in the Senate, however, have repeatedly spoken out against a more generous stimulus package.
It is therefore unlikely that they would agree to a higher payment.
Republicans repeatedly refused to say what amount the President wanted for direct checks.
At last, the President has agreed to $ 2,000 - Democrats are ready to bring this to the Floor this week by unanimous consent.
Let's do it!
https://t.co/Th4sztrpLV
- Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 23, 2020
Donald Trump talks about his future and makes it clear who he sees in the next administration
In his
video message
, Trump said that if Congress did not send him a “suitable” bill, the stimulus package would have to be approved by the next administration.
"And maybe I'll be that government," he said.
Even though
Joe Biden *
has already been elected by the electorate with a large majority.
Trump continues to doubt the election result.
Despite unsuccessful prospects, his team continues to file lawsuits against the election.
Experts see no plausible and legal scenario in which Trump could ultimately remain president.
Biden has
praised
the new
stimulus package
and has already announced that he will seek further support measures from January.
Along with the stimulus package, a $ 1.4 trillion portion of the federal government budget was also approved.
Trump should therefore actually sign the package within a week to avoid the government running out of money.
Then a
transitional
financing
with which Parliament
wanted to avert
a so-called
shutdown,
i.e. a partial standstill of government business, will expire.
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