Congress OKs $1.9T relief bill

Includes $1,400 payments; extends unemployment aid.

  • Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif., raps her gavel after the House voted to pass the American Rescue Plan on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (DREW ANGERER/Getty Images/TNS)
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D- Calif., raps her gavel after the House voted to pass the American Rescue Plan on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (DREW ANGERER/Getty Images/TNS)
WASHINGTON — A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the…

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