A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday. Most noticeable to many Americans are provisions to provide up to $1,400 direct payments this year to most adults and extend $300 per week emergency unemployment benefits into early September.
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