//The $900 billion Covid-19 relief package has passed the House

The $900 billion Covid-19 relief package has passed the House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a press conference on Capitol Hill on December 20 . | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The Senate is expected to pass the bill soon.

Days before the holidays, Congress is slated to pass a $900 billion bill to extend unemployment insurance, pay out additional stimulus checks to Americans, provide loans for small businesses, and other relief measures like aid for schools and a paid sick leave extension.

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the relief bill Monday night on a vote of 359-53, just hours after the final legislative text was released to members. Now that the House has passed this bill, the Republican-controlled US Senate is expected to vote to approve it late Monday night.

“It is a good bipartisan bill,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on the House floor Monday morning, mentioning provisions Democrats secured like additional