US House passes Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill
The relief package was approved after a 219-212 vote, and will now go to the Senate. The money is aimed at galvanizing a still-faltering US economy.
Democrats have said the relief bill will provide quick, decisive action
The US House of Representatives approved a $1.9 trillion (€1.57 trillion) coronavirus stimulus fund in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Lawmakers passed the bill aimed at giving money to individuals, businesses, states and cities hit hard by the pandemic on a narrow, near party-line vote of 219 to 212.
President Joe Biden has been pushing for the relief package, saying it will be used to stimulate the economy and create new jobs.
Real battle for bill that includes controversial minimum wage hike will occur in divided Senate next week, Democrats signal willingness to consider penalizing companies that refuse to pay employees more
The U.S House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan early Saturday morning, with all of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation voting against the package.
Joe Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan passes hurdle in U.S. House
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Last Updated: Feb 27, 2021, 12:56 PM IST
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Among the big-ticket items in the bill are $1,400 direct payments to individuals, a $400-per-week federal unemployment benefit through Aug. 29, and help for those having difficulties paying their rent and home mortgages during the pandemic.
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Biden has focused his first weeks in office on tackling the greatest public health crisis in a century, which has upended most aspects of American life.
The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - LGBT+ Americans moved a step closer to winning legal protection from discrimination on Thursday as the U.S. House of Representatives passed a key civil rights bill backed by President Joe Biden.
Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives pose for a photograph holding LBGT+ and Transgender Pride flags on the steps of the U.S. Capitol ahead of a vote on the Equality Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
By a vote of 224 to 206, the House passed the landmark Equality Act, which amends the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in addition to race, religion, sex and national origin.