House passes US$483b stimulus as US job losses soar | Malay Mail

WASHINGTON, April 24 — The House of Representatives passed a new US$483 billion economic stimulus bill yesterday as US job losses due to the coronavirus soared and businesses clamoured for more support. The House voted overwhelmingly for the bill, already passed by the Senate, and President...

People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, at an Arkansas Workforce Centre April 6, 2020. — Reuters pic

The bill came as another 4.4 million US workers filed new claims for jobless benefits, bringing the total to 26.4 million since mid-March. The unemployment claims figures released yesterday show that layoffs have continued at a high rate for a fifth week, despite help from Congress. Lawmakers donned masks to enter the House in small groups to comment on the legislation and then to vote, with the chamber emptied out for a sweeping sterilization halfway through the session.The fresh funding, which is driving up the US government’s financial deficit, comes as individual states and communities mulled reopening businesses and allowing the public to return slowly to the streets.

But their measures are being called into question — and Trump specifically criticised a decision by Georgia’s governor to open hair salons, tattoo parlours and gyms in the state from today.

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