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After an all-night session, the Senate gave President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package its stamp of approval.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums. After laboring through the night on a mountain of amendments — nearly all from Republicans […]

Republicans are again stalling a vote on President Biden’s nearly $2 trillion COVID relief deal, calling the bill wasteful. But in the end, Democrats say they have the votes to get it passed.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – On Capitol Hill, Democrats are trying to pass President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan, but Republicans brought the entire process to a grinding halt Thursday night. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell promised Republicans would do everything they can to stop Democrats from passing their COVID relief bill and that’s exactly what they’re […]

The Senate voted 51-50 to begin 20 hours of debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The American Rescue Plan took center stage today in an evenly divided Senate. “This country is in the midst of a once in a century crisis,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said. Schumer and U.S. Senate Democrats pushed to get President Joe Biden’s $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill across the finish line. […]

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID aid package is in the final stretch on Capitol Hill and moving closer to a vote in a divided Senate.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed Wednesday to tighten the upper income limits at which people could qualify for stimulus checks, a Democratic official said, a major concession to moderates as party leaders prepared to move their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the Senate. The COVID-19 relief measure Senate Democrats planned to […]

President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial back parts of the package.

As Washington negotiates a third stimulus check as part of the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, people are already trying to calculate how much they might receive.

Democrats are working to get President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed in the next two weeks, and all attention is on the Senate where the party faces strong Republican opposition.