Senate to take up $1.9 trillion aid bill
CQ Budget, Ep. 192
Now that the House has passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, the Senate will take it up this week in what is likely to be a party-line vote. But the Senate may make changes to the bill, such as scrapping an increase to a $15 minimum wage and shifting $350 billion for states and localities. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down the latest on the bill and look ahead to the upcoming vote-a-rama in the Senate.
Show Notes:
- Pension funding, COBRA coverage survive aid bill’s ‘Byrd bath’
- Why Democrats should learn to stop worrying and love reconciliation
- Pelosi’s virus relief win shows she can keep her majority together
- Medicare fixes, Amtrak boost in draft Senate aid package
- House passes $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package