Congress Stimulus Package Update Today

After weeks of advancing a covid 19 relief package without funding for an extra check negotiators in washington are shaping a new 900 billion coronavirus stimulus bill that is said to include a second stimulus check.

Congress stimulus package update today. 600 stimulus checks 300 bonus for federal unemployment benefits in new deal. 12 million americans to lose jobless aid after christmas if congress fails to act. Congress has given itself little choice but to immediately get to work on the next economic stimulus package as soon as president elect biden takes office first published on december 9 2020.

The stimulus package along with the spending bill waited a week for the president s signature. A second stimulus check is officially back on the menu. Congress will vote on 2 000 stimulus checks after trump signs relief bill house speaker nancy pelosi offers remarks and fields questions from reporters.

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Breaking down the 900b stimulus package and 1 4t omnibus bill. Congress voted monday evening to pass the final covid 19 relief package which is being combined with a massive 1 4 trillion government spending bill for the new fiscal year. A second stimulus check will reportedly be part of 2020 s final stimulus bill after all.

Since the 900 billion stimulus bill that includes the second stimulus check won t be altered the irs and us treasury will continue to. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has signaled he backs another stimulus package noting in a november 4 press conference that he would like an aid deal passed before year end.