President Biden is expected to sign the economic relief package into law on Friday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., holds a news conference Tuesday ahead of a vote on Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (CN) The House passed the American Rescue Plan on Wednesday afternoon in a 220-211 vote, clearing the way for $1,400 direct payments to many Americans in addition to billions of dollars for testing, tracing and other initiatives to combat Covid-19.
Maine Democrat Jared Golden was the only member of his party to vote against the package, joining all House Republicans in rejecting the bill.