The House of Representatives US Congress approved the idea of giving out two thousand dollars to Americans, the majority voted for the initiative to increase direct payments to citizens of the country as part of measures to stimulate the national economy, reports TASS .
275 legislators supported this initiative, 134 opposed it.
The bill to support the American economy, signed by the US President Donald Trump , calculated $ 900 billion. Including it spelled out an increase in payments to citizens from $ 600 to $ 2,000. Congress separately considered the issue of increasing direct payments. The House of Representatives, by voting in support of this initiative, effectively fulfilled Trump’s demand.
On December 28, incumbent US President Donald Trump signed a bill on a large-scale aid package American economy. The amount of the payment will increase from $ 600 to $ 2,000, and for children they will no longer distribute 300, but 600 dollars.
Direct payments are intended for people with incomes of less than $ 75,000 a year, and the package includes subsidies for companies in the worst-affected industries ($ 284 billion). The new package also provides assistance to the transport industry (including $ 15 billion for airlines), schools ($ 82 billion) and universities, as well as the supply of vaccines and food, about 284 billion will be allocated for affordable loans to small businesses.
The new support package will be the largest after the US government adopted at the height of the first wave of the pandemic: in March, the US government allocated $ 1.8 trillion to fight the crisis. Then 70 million Americans received payments of $ 1200. Before the presidential elections in November, the House of Representatives and the White House discussed another package for two trillion, but could not agree.