Relief bill

Among the provisions of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill are $40 billion for the devastated child relief bill, something Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark highlighted on a tour of a Framingham YMCA Friday.

The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid package. Four days after the chamber’s parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a straight-out minimum wage increase in the relief measure, Democrats seemed to have exhausted…

President Joe Biden has laid out his for moving fast and without Republicans, if necessary, to pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief, armed with new signs of economic strain brought on by the continuing pandemic

President Joe Biden is making passage of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill his top priority, with Democrats wanting to vote next week, with or without Republican support. Republicans say the plan costs too much, and want to break it into smaller bills.

Southwest Airlines is lifting the threat of furloughs or pay cuts for thousands of workers now that U.S. airlines will get up to $15 billion more in taxpayer aid contained in the coronavirus-relief bill.

President Donald Trump signed a COVID relief and government funding bill Sunday night after a week of threatening to veto the bill for its “low” direct cash payments of $600 to eligible Americans. The House is expected to vote on a bill raising the $600 amount to $2,000 for adults today.

President Trump is rejecting the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress after months of gridlock. In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, the president complained the bill’s $600 cash payment to Americans was too small.

Multiple members of Congress who represent Massachusetts, as well as U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, are voicing their support for President Donald Trump’s call to increase stimulus payments for most Americans from $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples.

Members of the Massachusetts delegation are siding with President Donald Trump in his call to give Americans more money as people continue to grapple with the economic fallout from the pandemic. Trump blasted Congress’ massive $900 billion COVID-19 relief package in a video he posted on social media Tuesday night, suggesting he may not sign the legislation and demanding changes…

President Donald Trump’s new demand of $2,000 aid checks to Americans is threatening to tank a big year-end COVID relief bill

Congress has passed a new $900 billion dollar COVID-19 relief package aimed at providing aid to struggling families and businesses. Here is what Americans can expect from it.

The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power.

The relief package now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill would provide $600 payments to many Americans.

The new bipartisan plan will likely include more stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said “there is momentum” toward a COVID-19 relief after new labor data Friday showed signs of a sluggish economic recovery. Pelosi said the House would do what it takes to get a bi-partisan bill done before the holiday recess.

With COVID-19 deaths and infections hitting record highs and discouraging economic numbers, Washington is under pressure to break deadlock on a new relief bill.

Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided on the scope of the next COVID-19 relief package as the election approaches; White House works to distance President Trump from white supremacy comments.

Tens of thousands of airline workers are being furloughed after Congress and the White House failed to reach a new COVID-19 relief deal.

Progress is coming slowly as lawmakers craft another major response to the coronavirus pandemic