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Posted by: Kate Prince on Mar 11, 2021

President Joe Biden today signed his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package into law, The Hill reports. The bill includes funding for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, vaccine distribution efforts, school reopenings, enhanced unemployment benefits through September and state and local governments, along with an expansion of the child tax credit and an expansion of ObamaCare, among other provisions. The White House says it expects many Americans to receive their direct payments by the end of March. Biden will deliver a prime-time address later this evening about the administration's pandemic response.