Published December 21, 2020 • Updated on December 22, 2020 at 9:18 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC Late Monday night, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, which would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefit and a $600 direct stimulus payment to most Americans. The bill is now headed to the White House for President Donald Trump's signature. Meanwhile, the United States continues to ramp up its immunization campaign, administering the first doses of the Moderna vaccine on Monday. Among those vaccinated Monday was President-elect Joe Biden, who received his first dose of the Pfizer shot on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe.