Congress split over calls to break up $1.9T relief bill

Congress split over calls to break up $1.9T relief bill

A proposal by Congressional Republicans to form smaller packages out of the Biden administration's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue bill was rejected Thursday by Democrats, who are now leaning toward a method to pass the bill without GOP support. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have begun drafting a budget reconciliation bill with the aim of getting the relief bill passed by March through a simple Senate majority vote.

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