House Set to Approve Covid-19 Relief Bill
Posted on AllSides March 10th, 2021
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The House was set to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Wednesday and send it to President Biden for his signature, as Democrats prepared to push through new payments to households and other aid measures without any Republican support.
The relief bill pairs new funds for public-health measures with another dose of economic aid, offering a $1,400 check to many Americans and an extension of a $300 weekly jobless-aid supplement. It includes a one-year expansion of the child tax credit that Democrats hope to make permanent; showers money on...
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