Stimulus Package Passed By Senate

The legislation which passed in the house authorizes 600 stimulus.

Stimulus package passed by senate. The senate passed the bill with a 92 to 6 vote at 11 42 p m about two hours after the house easily passed it. The senate on monday night approved a 2 3 trillion covid 19 relief bill and sent it to president trump for his signature. 2 000 stimulus check latest update as senate to vote on higher payments the house voted on monday evening to increase the size of stimulus checks to 2 000 meaning the fate of the higher payments.

The covid bill passed senate 91 to 7 erik wasson elwasson december 22 2020 now that the bill has passed in both the house and the senate the legislation will be sent to president donald trump to sign it into law. Minutes after the senate passed the package treasury secretary steven mnuchin said he expects this to be the last wave of payments to small businesses and that ppp had saved some 30 million jobs. The senate unanimously passed an approximately 2 2 trillion stimulus package late wednesday night in an effort to jump start an economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.

The bill provides aid. 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. House of representatives passed an economic stimulus bill worth roughly 900 billion on monday by a vote of 359 53 allowing the legislation to be forwarded to the u s.

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked an attempt by senate minority leader chuck schumer to unanimously approve a house passed bill to increase direct payments in the coronavirus relief.