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House passes Joe Biden’s COVID relief bill with $1,400 stimulus checks, legislation heads to Senate


February 27, 2021

WASHINGTON — The Democratically-controlled House approved President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package early Saturday, a key step for a measure that would provide millions of Americans $1,400 stimulus payments , ramp up vaccine distribution and extend unemployment aid through the summer. The bill, known as the American Rescue Plan , passed 219-212. No Republicans voted for it, and two Democrats voted against it: Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Jared Golden, …

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