How Did The Stimulus Bill Pass

House passes bill for 2 000 stimulus checks leaving it up to gop controlled senate published mon dec 28 2020 10 51 am est updated tue dec 29 2020 6 25 am est jacob pramuk jacobpramuk.

How did the stimulus bill pass. 15 since the 900 billion stimulus bill that includes the second stimulus check won t be altered the irs and us treasury will continue to. It s the longest bill in us history at over 5500 pages and it sailed through the voting mostly sight unseen. House of representatives passed a covid 19 relief bill that would provide americans with a second stimulus check of up to 1 200 per adult and 500 per dependent.

The answers to that is nobody really knows least of all the members of congress who passed the law without reading it as they so often do. How a pasta dinner and zoom chats rescued the covid 19 relief bill. On your stimulus check here s who doesn t get the 600 stimulus check in the covid 19 relief bill how the stalemate was broken.

The us congress just passed their covid stimulus bill or the consolidated appropriations act 2021 to give its official title. On thursday the u s. So what s actually inside it.

This was aimed at helping small businesses and hospitals. As a result the congressional vote was not unanimous despite party leadership on both sides supporting the bill. Most americans likely hope that on the list of priorities for policies to pass on day 1 is the 2 000 stimulus check payment that was previously rejected by former senate majority now minority.

Michael reynolds efe the cares act was passed in the senate on 25th march two days later it also passed in the house of representatives signed into law by the president the same day. 600 stimulus payments are going out now through jan. Senate passed a new stimulus bill in april worth 480 billion to prop the u s.

In addition to the above package the u s. In the house of representatives the vote was 359 53 while the senate voted 92 6 in.