House and Senate Passed $900bn Bill
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We ran the numbers: There are 3221 news articles covering this topic. 17% (561) are left leaning, 47% (1504) are center, and 36% (1156) are right leaning.
Lawmakers struck a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus deal that includes a round of stimulus checks and jobless benefits for struggling Americans. While left-leaning articles highlight that the total bill is worth more than $2.3 trillion, right-leaning articles highlight that key Democrats vowed more economic intervention under the Biden administration.
A left-leaning article by Bloomberg highlights that the total bill is worth more than $2.3 trillion, as the year-end legislation combines the $900 billion in pandemic relief with $1.4 trillion to fund federal agencies through fiscal 2021. The article also notes that government funding technically lapsed after midnight Monday when the last stopgap spending measure expired.
USA Today published a centrist article reporting that the deal includes restarting a $300 boost to the federal unemployment insurance benefit. The measure also includes a $600 direct payment to Americans who earned up to $75,000 in 2019.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that top Capitol Hill negotiators agreed to the $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package, key Democrats vowed more economic intervention under the Biden administration. Biden called the bill “just the beginning.”