A bipartisan group, composed of top economists, business leaders, and policy experts, urged Congress to pass an economic stimulus package before the end of the year.
Stimulus package house vote will be held on Thursday, October 1, instead of Wednesday, September 30, in the hopes that a bipartisan deal will be reached to help Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new stimulus package amounting to about $2.4 trillion is being prepared, and it will include a second round of stimulus checks or direct payments for Americans.
The Republican stimulus package may fail to get its goal of getting a vote from 51 senators after they are divided by Senator Ted Cruz's school choice plan.
Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff, visited the U.S. Capitol on Saturday in an attempt to pressure Democrats into accepting a slimmed down version of the stimulus bill.
The Trump administration has assembled a set of proposals which aims to jump-start the economy by encouraging U.S. residents to go out to restaurants, return to work, and take vacations.
The coronavirus pandemic has greatly affected the economy of the United States, leading many undocumented immigrants to be laid off or furloughed. They have yet to receive aid from the federal government despite making up a third of the country's essential workforce.