Congressional Democrats moving quickly on economic relief bill as White House pushes for swift action

Congressional Democrats moving quickly on economic relief bill as White House pushes for swift action

The legislation includes a new round of $1,400 stimulus checks, an increase and extension of emergency unemployment benefits that are set to expire in mid-March, an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, schools, vaccine production and distribution, increased testing, and more.