Second Stimulus Bill Passed By Senate

The bill provides aid.

Second stimulus bill passed by senate. Efforts to send eligible americans a 2 000 second stimulus check are effectively dead for now. Over the last six months lawmakers in the capitol have struggled to agree on a second large scale stimulus package to help americans survive the economic fallout of the pandemic. The bill that passed yesterday is being called the heroes act 2 0 and includes 600 federal unemployment benefits and aid for restaurants and airlines.

In september they passed their own 2 2 trillion revised heroes act. Dependent children who would receive the. On monday both the house and senate voted to pass the second stimulus by overwhelming margins.

Trump is expected to sign it into law and treasury secretary steve mnuchin said americans could. However under the bill passed by congress this month one group of people would receive more money in the second round of stimulus checks than the first. Congressional leaders on monday unveiled the text of a 900 billion fiscal stimulus package and a 1 4 trillion government funding deal that will deliver critical pandemic aid to millions of.

The house of representatives passed the cash act pdf on dec. The senate unanimously passed an approximately 2 2 trillion stimulus package late wednesday night in an effort to jump start an economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. House passes bill to increase aid payments to 2 000 senate vote uncertain after months of back and forth and confusion on whether american s would receive a second stimulus check and for how much the house has passed a bill to increase payments to 2 000 according to cbs news.

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky refused to allow a vote in the senate on the.