Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, flanked by Majority Whip James Clyburn, left, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, holds a news conference ahead of the vote on the Democrat's US$1.9 trillion relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The House was expected to give final congressional approval Wednesday to the package, which aims to fulfill Democrats’ campaign promises to beat the coronavirus pandemic and revive the enfeebled economy. House and Senate Republicans have unanimously opposed the package as bloated, crammed with liberal policies and heedless of signs the dual crises are easing. “It’s a remarkable, historic, transformative piece of legislation which goes a very long way to crushing the virus and solving our economic crisis,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said Tuesday. The measure so closely tracks Democrats’ priorities that several rank it with the top achievements of their careers, and despite their slender congressional majorities there was never real suspense over its fate.

Source: The Standard March 10, 2021 11:01 UTC