Senate Democrats Reject All Republican Amendments but 3 Before Passing Relief Bill in Partisan Vote

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on March 6, 2021. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Democrats rejected all but three Republican amendments to the $1.9 trillion relief bill, which cleared the Senate in a partisan vote on March 6.

One Republican amendment to be adopted as part of the marathon vote-a-rama session that lasted more than 24 hours was amendment #1092 on reducing the unemployment insurance plus-up from $400 to $300, introduced by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).