The U.S. Congress will attempt to file legislation this week that will fund the federal government agencies until the middle of December.

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The U.S. Senate and Congress agreed in a continuing resolution that will allow them to operate even during the fiscal year that will start on Oct.1. This is to make sure that a new stimulus deal is reached and to give more time to lawmakers to deliver what the country needs amid the pandemic.

Before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the top negotiators already convened last week and drafted a bill that will keep most of the federal programs at current levels until Dec.11. This is very rare but this must be done.

Traditionally, candidates were already preparing for the upcoming election beginning the first day of October. However, the global pandemic has made it difficult for the candidates to return to their home states without bringing good news like stimulus checks and other aids under the new relief aids.

The country continuous to combat the swelling number of COVID-19 infections and its economic impact, social unrest, fires consuming large swaths of the West and hurricanes in the East, and any government closures due to lack f fund will just add chaos in the country.

That is why the bill they drafted is designed to give lawmakers more time to work out federal spending through September 2021, including budgets for military operations, healthcare, national parks, space programs and airport, and border security.

Republican Representative Tom Cole told reporters on Thursday "I don't think anybody wants to be responsible for shutting down the government on the eve of an election in the middle of a pandemic. So it's a rare outbreak of common sense on both sides."

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives is set to debate and vote on the bill on early Tuesday morning. If the bill that allows federal funding spending will be passed, it will get into the Senate possibly at the end of this week. This is just one of the bills that both chambers will discuss this week.

It can be recalled that the House of Representatives will also unveil the new provisions in their proposed second round of stimulus package this Monday afternoon. Many are expecting that a fresh new round of stimulus checks will be included in the bill.

Moreover, it is not only the American people and qualified individuals who are calling for another stimulus package but also the Federal Reserve Officials. They firmly believed that the second stimulus package will help the economy regain its normality.

Many economists also supported the second round of coronavirus relief aid because it will give people money to spend and loans for businesses to operate. Their idea supported what Pres. Trump wanted when he said that Republicans should be open to a larger stimulus because after all, it goes back to the country.

Despite the disagreements and tensions between the Republicans and Democrats, they have one thing in common and that is to make sure that relief aids will be delivered to millions of Americans before the election.

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