Congress Seals Agreement on $900B COVID Relief Bill arkansasbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arkansasbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
21 Dec 2020
As Congress prepares to pass $2.3 trillion in government spending Monday, members are still awaiting the text of the bill.
The text of the bill was expected to be released mid-morning, but as of 1:30 p.m., it was still not made available.
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told Capitol Hill reporters that they were experiencing difficulties getting the massive multi-part bill combined into one file and uploaded to the internet.
“I think it’s a huge project, bigger than anything we’ve done in time. I’ve been here,” he said. “And unfortunately, it’s bad time to computer glitch.”
The bill includes a $1.4 trillion government spending bill, $900 billion tacked on for coronavirus relief. Funding for the government is scheduled to expire at midnight.
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Nancy Pelosi says she wishes $600 stimulus checks were bigger but tells critics they are significant as Mitch McConnell promises vote tonight on $900 billion package - which Trump will sign
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday she wishes the $600 direct payments for Americans included in the latest coroanvirus relief package were larger I would like them to have been bigger, but they are significant. And they will be going but soon, she said during House floor remarks Monday
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised the Senate would stay at the Capitol into the night Monday to make sure the legislation gets passed
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