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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Feb 11, 2021, 02:28 PM Feb 2021

Pelosi aims to finish COVID-19 relief by month's end

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she expects lawmakers to complete legislation based on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill by the end of February.

As House committees worked to cobble the sweeping bill into place, Pelosi predicted the legislation would become law before enhanced unemployment benefits expire in mid-March and said an address by Biden to a joint session of Congress would come after the measure is done.

Pelosi said the House would approve and forward to the Senate a COVID-19 bill that includes a gradual increase in the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-aims-to-finish-covid-19-relief-by-months-end/ar-BB1dBrie?li=BBnb7Kz

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Pelosi aims to finish COVID-19 relief by month's end (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
She is so good at what she does, happy she is with us and our House leader. apcalc Feb 2021 #1
People on social media say they are growing desperate out here. ancianita Feb 2021 #2
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