Final votes on the spending package were expected on Monday to approve it and clear it for President Donald Trump’s signature, but had yet to be scheduled. Although text was not immediately available, the agreement was expected to provide $600 stimulus payments to millions of American adults earning up to $75,000. Confronted with widespread Republican reluctance to another round of federal spending, lawmakers curtailed a number of the benefits. The relief package was to be paired with a $1.4 trillion catchall government spending bill. The spending package also includes significant bipartisan deals to counter climate change and promote clean energy, the first such legislation to pass Congress in nearly a decade.

Source: bd News24 December 21, 2020 03:22 UTC