Senate Passes $2 Trillion Emergency Relief Package for Families, Businesses Amid Pandemic

House to vote on Friday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leaves the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on March 25, 2020. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Senate unanimously voted late Wednesday to pass a $2.2 trillion emergency relief package to help protect American livelihoods, hospitals, and an economy rattled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 96-0 vote in the Senate means the bill will now move to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on Friday.