New Covid Stimulus Bill Details
President donald trump signed on sunday evening a 900 billion pandemic relief bill into law that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct cash payments.
New covid stimulus bill details. 28 2020 at 12 58 a m. Lawmakers struck a roughly 900 billion covid 19 stimulus deal that includes another round of stimulus checks and badly needed jobless benefits for struggling americans ending a long standoff in. President trump on sunday night signed a 900 billion stimulus bill into law avoiding a government shutdown after he demanded changes to the sprawling package and.
Congress has now passed the second stimulus bill which includes 300 weekly unemployment benefits and 600 direct checks. If approved by congress. The new agreement extends some parts of the cares act the 2 2 trillion stimulus law passed in march and borrows others with modifications and reductions.
Cnn congressional leaders on monday released the text of a far reaching 900 billion covid 19 relief package. The covid 19 relief package is part of a much larger appropriations bill funding the federal government and the huge 2 5tn omnibus legislation spans nearly 5 600 pages. The us capitol building on december 20 2020 in washington dc.
The agreement includes some 68 billion to purchase and distribute covid 19 vaccines and help states conduct testing 20 billion of that funding will make the vaccine available at no cost for. See more on the coronavirus relief bill.