US President Joe Biden has scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, though Democrats faced challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise the minimum wage.

Democrats who control the chamber passed the sweeping measure by a mostly party-line vote of 219 to 212 and sent it onto the Senate, where Democrats planned a legislative manoeuver to allow them to pass it without the support of Republicans.

The American Rescue Plan would pay for vaccines and medical supplies and send a new round of emergency financial aid to households, small businesses and state and local governments.

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Mint Lite | Biden's Covid relief bill, Vietnam protest & more

Senate approves covid relief billPresident Joe Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill passed the Senate 50-49 on Saturday following a more than 25-hour marathon of amendment votes completed after Democrats settled an intra-party dispute over unemployment aid. The measure, the American Rescue Plan Act, now heads back to the House, where Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said a vote will be held Tuesday.

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From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets Latinos

WASHINGTON – Tom Perez was a guest on a Spanish-language talk radio show in Las Vegas last year when a caller launched into baseless complaints about both parties, urging Latino listeners to not cast votes at all.

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Biden marking 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting rights order

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Biden to mark 'Bloody Sunday' by signing voting-rights order

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Poll: Americans largely back Biden's virus response

US President Joe Biden holds a meeting with business leaders about a Covid-19 relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden is enjoying an early presidential honeymoon, with 60% of Americans approving of his job performance thus far and even more backing his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.At a moment of deep political polarization in America, support for Biden’s pandemic response extends across party lines.

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Biden: Americans to begin receiving $1,400 stimulus checks this month

FILE - Photo taken on March 17, 2020 shows U.S. dollar banknotes in Washington D.C., the United States.

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Senate passes Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill on party-line vote

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Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage

WASHINGTON – The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Joe Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, state and local governments, and businesses.

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Senators works through night with pandemic relief on path to passage

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats' showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergency jobless benefits broke a logjam that had stalled the package.The compromise, announced by Manchin, D-W.Va., and a Democratic aide late Friday and backed by President Joe Biden, cleared the way for the Senate to begin a marathon series of votes on amendments before eventual approval of the sweeping legislation.

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Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary

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Democrats advance Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill in marathon Senate session

Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan early on Saturday, turning back Republican attempts to modify the package in a marathon session that had begun the prior day.With Republicans united in opposition, Democrats who narrowly control the chamber must keep all 50 of their members on board in order to pass the package, as they hope to do this weekend.Progress ground to a halt for more than 11 hours as Democrats negotiated a compromise on unemployment benefits to satisfy centrists, chiefly Senator Joe Manchin, who worried the massive package might overheat the economy.With that issue resolved, the chamber then voted on some of the hundreds of proposals to modify the bill.Democrats voted down a Republican proposals that would have

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Fighting Biden virus aid, GOP rekindles Obama-era strategy

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Biden White House: keeping control of the daily message

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Biden White House: message discipline, no news conference

WASHINGTON – No news conference. No Oval Office address. No primetime speech to a joint session of Congress.

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Trump slams Biden on border, White House says it doesn’t take immigration ‘advice’ from him

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Florida reports 5,900 new virus infections, state begins administering Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

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Biden signals support to replace war power authority

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The Latest: AP poll: Americans back Biden's virus response

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AP-NORC poll: Americans largely back Biden's virus response

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Thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses lost to spoilage or discarded across US

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Biden attempts bipartisan push for infrastructure package

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WH says relief checks to go to most who got December payment

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Joe Biden Drags Texas Mississippi Leaders For ‘Neanderthal Thinking’ After They Lift COVID Restrictions

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Biden says lifting mask mandates a ‘big mistake’ as COVID-19 remains threat in U.S.

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With Biden's backing, Dems revive bill to overhaul policing

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All Florida teachers, child care workers can now get COVID-19 vaccine at CVS pharmacies

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Does Trudeau feel pressure to open Canadian economy sooner after Biden sets May date for mass vaccinations in the U.S.?

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As talks continue on COVID relief bill, Biden admin ‘firm’ on income threshold to receive relief cheques

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Stimulus checks: Democrats agree to lower income limit for $1,400 COVID-19 relief payments

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'Tax-time surprise': COVID-19 unemployment benefits lead to higher tax bill for unsuspecting filers

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Solid sign-ups for Biden's new 'Obamacare' coverage offer

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Jobless aid, direct checks in play as US Senate nears vote on covid-19 aid bill

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Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

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Biden vows enough vaccine for all US adults by end of May

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May — two months earlier than anticipated — and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of March to hasten school reopenings.

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Biden health pick taking heat for support of abortion rights

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U.S. will have enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by May, Biden says

Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co.

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With COVID vaccine maker pact, Biden vows wide vaccine access by May

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Biden Says U.S. Will Have Enough Coronavirus Vaccine Supply for Every Adult by End of May

President Joe Biden is sharing some optimistic news.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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