Stimulus update: Agreement on $900B COVID-19 relief package reached with leaner $600 direct payments streetz1033.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from streetz1033.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 20, 2020 6:32 p.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and providing money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them.
The agreement, announced by Senate leaders, would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans, along with a new round of subsidies for hard-hit businesses and money for schools, health care providers and renters facing eviction.
The House was expected to vote on the legislation on Monday, said a spokeswoman for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. The House would pass a one-day stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown at midnight Sunday. The Senate was likely to vote on Monday, too. Lawmakers were eager to leave Washington and close out a tumultuous year.
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Sen. John Barasso, R-Wyo., discusses stimulus talks in Congress, Biden cabinet nominees on ‘Fox News Sunday.’
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chair of the Senate Republican Conference, vowed that lawmakers will have a bill to provide additional relief from the coronavirus pandemic by the end of the weekend.
In a conversation with Fox News Sunday, Barrasso blamed Democrats for delaying the relief, while expressing confidence that Democrats and Republicans have finally managed to resolve their differences. This gets done today. No more delays. We re not leaving until we have relief for the American people, Barrasso said. People are hurting, people need help, and there are two things we need to do to write this final chapter on coronavirus.