US House passes $900 billion Covid relief package
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) speaks at the podium standing with members of the Problem Solvers Caucus to praise passage of the bipartisan emergency COVID-19 relief bill in a press conference
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The relief package, unveiled Monday afternoon, sped through the House in a matter of hours.
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The House easily passed a USD 900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Lawmakers tacked on a USD 1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books on the year.
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