The US Congress has approved a 1.9 trillion dollar (£1.3 trillion) Covid-19 relief Bill.
The House gave final congressional approval to the sweeping package by a near party line 220-211 vote seven weeks after Joe Biden entered the White House and four days after the Senate passed the Bill without a single Republican vote.
Republican lawmakers opposed the package as bloated, crammed with liberal policies and not taking heed of signs the pandemic crisis is easing.
Most noticeable to many Americans are provisions to provide up to 1,400 dollar (£1,000) direct payments this year to most adults and extend 300 dollar (£216) per week emergency unemployment benefits into early September.
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