9 days ago | By WGN TV
WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives Budget Committee Monday approved a bill with $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief , advancing a top priority of President Joe Biden toward a full House vote on passage expected later this week.
This was the first major vote for the 591-page package , as Democrats continue to debate issues such as raising the minimum wage and how much aid to funnel to struggling state and local governments; the measure passed the panel on a largely party-line vote of 19-16. The committee sent the bill to the full House for debate and potentially passage later this...
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9 days ago | By Politicus USA
The House Budget Committee has passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that will get a final House vote by the end of the week.
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9 days ago | By NPR
The House Budget Committee is expected to pass the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, setting up a partisan vote in the full House later this week.
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9 days ago | By Business Insider
Summary List Placement The House Budget Committee approved the $1.9 trillion rescue plan on Monday afternoon, putting the Democratic proposal on course to receive a final floor vote toward the end of the week.
The 19-16 vote was mostly split along party lines. Every Republican on the panel opposed advancing the measure.
"We are in a race against time," Rep. John Yarmuth, chair of the budget panel, said in his opening statement. "Aggressive, bold action is needed before our nation is more deeply and permanently scarred by the human and economic costs of inaction."
Republicans are uniformly...
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9 days ago | By ABC
The $1.9 trillion package includes $1,400 direct checks to many Americans, an increase in the child tax credit and more money for vaccine distribution.
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9 days ago | By ABC
The $1.9 trillion package includes $1,400 direct checks to many Americans, an increase in the child tax credit and more money for vaccine distribution.
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9 days ago | By CNBC
Democrats advanced their $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, and aim to pass it in the full House later this week.
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