Congress Passes $900 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill, Sends to Trump

Congress Passes $900 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill, Sends to Trump
A view of the Capitol as Democrats and Republicans continue moving forward on the agreement of a COVID-19 aid package in Washington on Dec. 21, 2020. Ken Cedeno/Reuters
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The House of Representatives and the Senate on Monday passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill following months of negotiations.

Congress also passed a $1.4 trillion annual federal spending package to keep the federal government funded for another year. Totaling $2.3 trillion, the year-end government funding package that includes the COVID-19 relief comes to 5,593 pages (pdf), by far the longest bill ever.
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