The bill, which aims to boost small businesses and hospitals and expand testing, is set to become law in the coming hours with Trump's signature.
The House has the votes to pass a bill with $484 billion in funding for small business aid, hospital grants and coronavirus testing.
It adds to the government's unprecedented emergency spending to respond to the health and economic crisis created by the pandemic.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington.The House had the votes to pass a $484 billion package Thursday to bolster small businesses and hospitals ravaged by the coronavirus crisis and expand testing desperately needed to start the return to normal life.
Donning face coverings and voting in alphabetical sets to cut the risk of infection, representatives were set to approve the bill easily. The House will send the proposal to PresidentBefore the chamber voted on the plan to try to rescue a crumbling U.S. economy, it also approved a Democratic-majority select subcommittee to oversee the Trump administration's use of a $500 billion pool of aid for corporations, states and municipalities.
Once signed into law, the legislation will bring the government's total emergency response to an unprecedented total of more than $2.5 trillion across four bills. After days of sniping over what the measure should include, lawmakers replenished a key $350 billion small business aid program that dried up last week.
Democrats have pushed for an additional bill to send money to states and municipalities asking the federal government to help them cover budget crunches created by the pandemic, among other priorities for the party. While Trump has said he supports passing the aid, Senate Majority Leader
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