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Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus — co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at lectern, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., to his right — took credit for helping to break the logjam on an emergency COVID-19 relief bill.
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Updated Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. ET
The Senate acted swiftly Monday night, in a 92-6 vote, to approve more than $900 billion for coronavirus assistance, shortly after the House of Representatives passed the package. The aid comes after months of partisan sniping over what elements should be in a relief measure that virtually all lawmakers on Capitol Hill argued was long overdue.