US House will take up Senate's US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 Bill by Wednesday: Pelosi

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WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives will take up by Wednesday (Mar 10) the Senate version of the sweeping US$1.9 trillion ...

after a marathon overnight vote on Saturday. The Senate version eliminated or pared back some provisions included in the House Bill, which had increased the federal minimum wage to US$15 an hour and extended expanded jobless assistance through Aug 29.

Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol that the timing of a vote on the House floor"depends on when we get the paper from the Senate".Like the Senate, Democrats hold a very narrow majority in the chamber, meaning they cannot withstand many votes against the Bill. On Friday, as the Senate vote was still under way, House Democratic lawmaker Bonnie Watson Coleman said she was"disgusted" by some of the changes in the Senate Bill and questioned if she could support it. A spokesman for her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

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