Pelosi hopes House can pass COVID-19 relief within two weeks
By Scott Wong - 02/05/21 01:12 PM EST Emerging from a Friday meeting with President Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is hopeful the House will send a sweeping COVID-19 relief bill to the Senate within two weeks.
Biden and congressional Democrats are under enormous pressure to quickly pass the president’s nearly $2 trillion coronavirus package as the death toll continues to climb and millions of Americans remain unemployed.
“Hopefully in a two-week period of time we’ll send something over to the Senate,†Pelosi said outside the White House, flanked by other party leaders and the House committee chairmen responsible for writing the legislation.
The Speaker said COVID-19 legislation would be passed “long before†March 15, when enhanced unemployment insurance and other crisis-related programs and initiatives are set to expire. Pelosi’s letter to Democrats on Friday morning said she wants to pass a relief package through her chamber by the end of February.
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