What’s In the $900 Billion Virus Relief Bill Passed by Congress
- Relief bill passed along with $1.4 trillion spending package
- Deal followed half a year of partisan battling in negotiations
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The $900 billion in pandemic relief that passed the House and Senate late Monday is aimed squarely at shoring up the U.S. economic recovery into the early spring as battered industries and workers face months of continuing struggle.
The funds were combined with $1.4 trillion to fund regular government operations for the rest of the fiscal year, in massive legislation that runs 5,593 pages. It includes other tax, energy and national-security provisions that lawmakers agreed to pass before the end of the year.