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.
Biden says he’s willing to negotiate parameters of coronavirus deal, but ‘time is of the essence’
Jan 25, 2021