Congress only passed an aid package worth around $ 900 billion at the end of December. After the worsening of the pandemic in the United States, Congress also passed economic stimulus packages worth almost three trillion dollars last spring. The US government’s mountain of debt has grown rapidly since then.
The current economic stimulus package was passed through parliament with a complex conciliation process in order to avoid a blockade of the Republicans in the Senate. A majority of 60 of the 100 votes would have been required in the Senate through the regular legislative process – so the Democrats would have needed ten Republicans.
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