Did Second Stimulus Package Get Passed

What did republicans and democrats say about passed bill.

Did second stimulus package get passed. The new 900 stimulus bill includes a second stimulus check but what have both. The bill comes nine months after the cares act stimulus package was signed in march 2020 as well as months of partisan haggling between republicans who wanted a more limited package and. A second round of stimulus checks may soon land in the bank accounts of millions of americans after president donald trump signed a 900 billion economic relief package on december 27.

The deal was based on a 908 billion bipartisan proposal which initially left out so called stimulus checks focusing instead on providing jobless workers with an additional 300 in weekly. The bill that passed yesterday is being called the heroes act 2 0 and includes 600 federal unemployment benefits and aid for restaurants and airlines. The measure is the second largest federal stimulus package after the 2 trillion cares act that congress approved in march.

28 to authorize a 2 000 second stimulus payment for every qualifying adult and dependent but it hasn t been picked up for a vote in. Congress has now passed the second stimulus bill which includes 300 weekly unemployment benefits and 600 direct checks. The package extends some provisions of the original stimulus package that was passed in the spring while adding new measures to help working families who have continued to suffer amid the pandemic.

Coronavirus stimulus checks. The democrats originally proposed this bill. If the bill becomes law yes another one time stimulus check would go out to those who qualify.