The Senate Just Passed Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill

March 10, 2021

March 4, 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: United States President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual call to congratulate the NASA JPL Perseverance team on the successful landing of the rover on Mars in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. The President told the team ‚ÄúWe can land a rover on Mars, we can beat a pandemic and with science, hope and vision, there‚Äôs not a damn thing we can‚Äôt do as a country.‚Äù.Credit: Oliver Contreras / Pool via CNP (Credit Image: © Oliver Contreras/CNP via ZUMA Wire)

After a marathon all-night vote on a series of amendments, the Senate passed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on Saturday on a 5o-49 party-line vote, moving one of President Joe Biden’s signature initiatives one step closer to becoming law.

Among other things, the bill includes $350 billion for state governments, and extends unemployment benefits at $300-a-week through September 6. And most famously, the package includes another round of checks—a full $1,400 for people below a certain cutoff. (That would be $75,000 for single individuals, $112,500 for single parents, and $150,000 for couples.)