On Thursday, President-elect Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion proposal for further coronavirus economic relief, including $1,400 in additional stimulus checks, an extension of enhanced unemployment insurance, funds for vaccine distribution, and $350 billion in state and local aid (the allocation of the aid has yet to be determined), among other measures. President-elect Biden’s aides have already been privately briefing congressional staffers on the plan in the hopes of gathering bipartisan support for the measure instead of using reconciliation — a budgetary tool that would allow him to push through the legislation using only Democratic votes — according to several people with knowledge of the discussions. The plan is expected to be the first phase of a two-part strategy, with a broader program coming in subsequent weeks focused on longer-term goals such as infrastructure and climate change.