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The Senate voted along party lines Saturday to approve the massive Covid-19 relief plan, which includes $1,400 stimulus checks for many Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments and an extension of federal unemployment benefits. The most notable difference between the bill the House passed and the one approved by the Senate is that [the Senate bill] does not contain a federal minimum wage increase to $15/hr.
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The Democratic-led House now plans to vote on the Senate legislation Tuesday so that President Joe Biden can sign it into law early in the week. Democrats are racing to pass the package before enhanced unemployment aid lapses on Sunday, March 14. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has already made clear that her caucus will “absolutely” pass the Senate bill.
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Republicans on Capitol Hill almost universally oppose the bill as too expensive even with the minimum wage hike no longer included. Not a single Republican voted for the Senate legislation, and Democrats are unlikely to win converts in the House. Still, House Democrats are expected to have the votes to pass the Senate bill.