The new composition of the US Congress, elected in the elections in November, began work on Sunday, November 3. The House of Representatives held its first session, and the Senate, control over which has not yet been determined, also gathered for the session. RIA Novosti reports.
The Democrats retained control of the House of Representatives, albeit in a weakened form, they have 222 votes against 211 for the Republicans. In one district, the winner has yet to be determined, and in another, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died shortly before the session began due to coronavirus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to be re-elected for the next two-year term.
The general session of the Congress will take place on January 6. It must approve the candidacy of the country's president-elect Joe Biden. In addition, the Democrats intend in the near future to again raise the issue of direct payments to Americans at two thousand dollars per person in the Senate, they are intended for people with an income of less than 75 thousand dollars a year. On December 29, the House of Representatives approved the idea.
On December 28, the current US President Donald Trump signed a bill on a large-scale aid package for the 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 each. The new support package will be the largest after the US authorities adopted in the midst of the first wave of the pandemic: in March, the US authorities allocated $ 1.8 trillion to fight the crisis. Then 70 million Americans received payments of $ 1,200.
