Stimulus check latest: House Democrats advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill - KXAN.com

House of Representatives committee unveiled the legislation Democrats hope to pass by late next week.

The 591-page bill, stitched together by the House Budget Committee, would carry out Biden’s proposals to provide additional money for COVID-19 vaccines and other medical equipment.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she was aiming for a vote in the Democratic-controller chamber on passing the bill — a top priority of the new Democratic Biden administration — by the end of next week.

Earlier on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a fellow Democrat, said his deeply divided chamber will pass the bill before March 14, when the latest round of federal unemployment benefits expire.

While Schumer said he welcomed “constructive amendments” by Republicans, he added in a letter to rank-and-file Democrats: “Make no mistake: the era of Mitch McConnell’s legislative graveyard is over.”.

Senator McConnell, a Republican, served as majority leader from 2015-2020 and had proudly labeled himself the “Grim Reaper” of legislative initiatives from the Democratic House.

The House Budget Committee is set to meet Monday to weigh amendments to the bill before sending it to the full House for debate and passage.