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1 he declined to bring a 2 000 stimulus bill passed in the house to a vote in the senate effectively killing the bill s chance of passage before the new congress took its place.

Senate stimulus bill congress gov. The measure would have to be reintroduced in the new congress to pass. Congressional leaders on monday released the text of a 5 593 page covid 19 stimulus package hours before a midnight government funding deadline. Biden s party will control the senate later this month but will need 10 gop votes to approve.

The house rules committee has moved the massive omnibus coronavirus stimulus bill out of committee and to the floor approving by a vote of 8 4 that will include one hour of floor debate. The senate s vote to fill the gap happened just a few hours before the deadline for a nearly 1 trillion stimulus bill that could help americans just days before christmas. Democrats will hold a slim majority in the house and could need republican support to pass a bill.

There s a theoretical chance that the new congress could bring up a bill to increase the 600 second stimulus check to 2 000 during trump s final days in office with the irs and us treasury. The massive legislation is one of the longest bills. The senate did not approve legislation to increase stimulus checks to 2 000.