House will vote on the Senate-passed version of the Covid-19 bill on Tuesday

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Senate TV The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night “vote-a-rama” and a 12-hour struggle to get Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to support the party’s plan on a critical issue.  The vote was 50 to 49. Now the bill goes back to the House of Representatives for … Read more

Stimulus update: Latest news on stimulus checks and US relief bill

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Asked about the Senate Democrats’ unemployment insurance agreement, a senior administration official said the administration is “definitely good with it,” and pointed out making the first $10,200 in benefits no longer being taxable was “something the administration had been trying to figure out how to address.”  While Senate Democrats and staff have been the lead … Read more