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US Congress closes in on $900bn Covid aid bill as Friday deadline looms

Bill will include $600 to $700 stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits

US congressional negotiators on Wednesday were “closing in on” a $900bn Covid-19 aid bill that will include $600 to $700 stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits, as a Friday deadline loomed, lawmakers and aides said.

Top members of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Republican-controlled Senate sounded more positive than they have in months on a fresh response to a crisis that has killed more than 304,000 Americans and thrown millions out of work.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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