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US lawmakers reach deal on $900bn stimulus package

Covid relief bill includes $600 stimulus cheques and new aid to small businesses

US lawmakers have reached a deal on a nearly $900bn economic stimulus package that includes more relief for small businesses and direct payments to American families suffering in the coronavirus pandemic.

“We can finally report what our nation has needed to hear for a very long time. More help is on the way,” Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, said on Sunday evening.

The package agreed with Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House, and Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, would be one of the largest economic relief bills in US history, second only to the $2.2tn Cares Act in March of this year.

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