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What's in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan

Name: What's in Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan
Uploaded: 2021-01-15T07:07:04-0500
Duration: 3 min
Description: President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday released a $1.9 trillion spending plan aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic and its economic toll. As Weijia Jiang reports, the package would include $1,400 stimulus checks for Americans, $400 a week in federal unemployment benefits, and an increase to the child tax credit.

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday released a $1.9 trillion spending plan aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic and its economic toll. As Weijia Jiang reports, the package would include $1,400 stimulus checks for Americans, $400 a week in federal unemployment benefits, and an increase to the child tax credit.