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US: Senate approves Joe Biden’s recovery plan

After hours of debate, intensive negotiations and a marathon vote, the US Senate finally approved President’s $ 1.9 trillion recovery plan today Joe Biden for the world’s first economy to be hit by the pandemic, adopting one of the largest legislative packages in U.S. history.

The bill was passed by Democratic senators alone, receiving 50 votes to 49. The text will return to the House of Representatives next week, where the Democrats, who have a majority, will have to pass it quickly so that Joe Biden can may ratify it by 14 March, before the planned suspension of unemployment benefits.

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