House Sends Aid Bill to Biden, Checks to U.S. Pocketbooks
- Economic boom seen from $1.9 trillion Democrat-only bill
- Partisan process could dim hopes for future GOP cooperation
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President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill cleared its final congressional hurdle Wednesday, with the House passing the bill on a 220-to-211 vote, sending it to the president for his signature.
The vote caps a nearly two-month sprint from the time Biden first unveiled his American Rescue Plan, through tough negotiations in the Senate to its final approval largely in the form it was first proposed. Biden plans to sign the legislation on Friday.