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Updated: 22 Dec 2020 01:52 PM BdST US Sen Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, DC, US, December 21, 2020. REUTERS
The US Congress on Monday approved an $892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation s pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also keeping the federal government funded. );
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign the package into law.
Following days of furious negotiation, both legislative chambers worked deep into the night to pass the bill - worth about $2.3 trillion including spending for the rest of the fiscal year - with the House of Representatives first approving it and the Senate following suit several hours later in a bipartisan 92-6 vote.
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WASHINGTON: The US Congress on Monday (Dec 21) approved a US$892 billion coronavirus aid package, throwing a lifeline to the nation s pandemic-battered economy after months of inaction, while also keeping the federal government funded for another year.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Reuters) President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a stopgap measure to fund U.S. agencies for another week while Congress passed a massive COVID-19 aid and government funding package overnight aimed at bolstering the nation s pandemic response and its battered economy.
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Washington, Dec 21 (efe-epa).- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received a Covid-19 vaccination in public in an attempt to build confidence among Americans about its safety.
“There’s nothing to worry about,” said Biden before television cameras after receiving the first dose of the vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech at the ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware, the state where he lives.
A nurse administered the inoculation to the president-elect, who was wearing a black facemask and a dark turtleneck sweater during the procedure.
Biden, 78, was accompanied by his wife, Jill Biden, who received her first dose of the two-stage vaccination earlier in the day, the president-elect said.