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Congress rushes toward vote on $900B COVID relief bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) — Run-
ning out of time and ex-
cuses, Congress took up a
$900 billion pandemic relief
package Monday night
that would finally deliver
long-sought cash to busi-
nesses and individuals and
resources to vaccinate a
nation confronting a fright-
ening surge in COVID-19
cases and deaths.
Lawmakers tacked on a
$1.4 trillion catchall spend-
ing bill and thousands of
pages of other end-of-ses-
sion business in a massive
bundle of bipartisan leg-
islation as Capitol Hill pre-
pared to close the books
on the year.
The relief package, agreed
to on Sunday and finally re-
leased in bill form Monday
afternoon, remained on
track for votes in the House
and Senate. It would estab-
lish a temporary $300 per
week supplemental jobless U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is seen at the U.S. Capitol at night after negotiators sealed a deal for COVID relief Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020,
benefit and a $600 direct in Washington.
stimulus payment to most Associated Press
Americans, along with a
new round of subsidies for eviction. posturing and postelection proached. President-elect my, even though it was less
hard-hit businesses and The 5,593-page legislation negotiating that reined in Joe Biden was eager for a than half the size that Dem-
restaurants and money for — the longest bill ever by far a number of Democratic deal to deliver long-await- ocrats wanted in the fall.
schools, health care pro- — came together Sunday demands as the end of the ed help to suffering people
viders and renters facing after months of battling, congressional session ap- and a boost to the econo- Continued on next page