Biden will detail legislative package of vaccination and economic rescue

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President-elect Joe Biden will detail this Thursday the proposal for a legislative package intended for Congress to finance his government's efforts to vaccinate the country against covid-19, as well as to provide immediate and direct economic relief Americans, according to their transition team.

The president-elect said earlier this week that his "number one priority" when taking office is to vaccinate Americans.

Precisely because the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the country.

Biden has also asked Congress to provide immediate financial relief to those facing hardships across the country.

Including stimulus checks for $ 2,000.

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CNN previously reported that Biden advisers told allies in Congress to expect a proposal of approximately $ 2 trillion.

Biden's message to the Senate

Biden's speech will come a day after the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump a second time.

This process in the Senate could complicate and delay Biden's efforts to swiftly pass his legislative package for vaccination and COVID-19 relief.

As well as confirmation hearings for his cabinet appointees.

"I hope that the Senate leadership will find a way to handle its constitutional impeachment responsibilities while also working on other pressing issues for this nation," Biden said in a statement released Wednesday night after the House vote.

“From confirmations to key positions such as Secretaries of National Security, State, Defense, Treasury and Director of National Intelligence, to launching our vaccine program and getting our economy working again.

Too many of our fellow Americans have suffered for too long in the past year to delay this urgent work, ”the president-elect continued.

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Biden's vaccination goal

Biden will take over in less than a week.

And he has already asked Congress to provide the necessary funds for the vaccination effort nationwide.

A move that he has described as "the greatest operational challenge we have faced as a nation."

The president-elect has pledged to distribute 100 million injections of the covid-19 vaccine in his first 100 days in office.

This amount is enough to cover 50 million people with vaccines that require two doses.

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Biden has also criticized the Trump administration's vaccination measures.

As he noted, the strategy was "long behind" both in the distribution and in the administration of vaccines against covid-19.

The president-elect also promised to increase vaccination.

However, he cautioned that even if it were increased to 1 million injections per day, it would still take months to vaccinate the majority of the population.

More than 385,000 people in the United States have died of the coronavirus as of Thursday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Approximately 10.3 million people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

This is recorded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Economic relief

Biden has repeatedly emphasized the importance of Congress providing immediate economic relief to Americans.

In particular, those who have been most affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic.

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The president-elect's goal of delivering $ 2,000 stimulus checks directly to Americans will have help from Democrats.

Indeed, the party won the Senate in the two second-round elections in Georgia earlier this month.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a bill that would have increased direct stimulus payments from $ 600 to $ 2,000.

With the addition of the two Democratic senators from Georgia, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer will be the Senate Majority Leader.

Brian Deese, chosen by Biden to head the National Economic Council, told a Reuters Next conference on Wednesday that in addition to the $ 2,000 stimulus checks, the legislative package would address other relief measures such as unemployment insurance.

And he added that he will also request funds for additional covid-19 testing, contact tracing and for schools to reopen safely.

CNN's MJ Lee contributed to this report.

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