(NPR) Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate

Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate

Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus — co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at podium, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., right — took credit for helping to break the logjam on an emergency COVID-19 relief bill.



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Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate

The legislation includes $600 stimulus checks, extended unemployment benefits and lengthens a ban on evictions that was set to expire at the end of January.