Good morning, I'm Charlotte Freeland from the Washington Post, and this is the Daily

202 for Thursday, March 11th.

In today's news, a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and China and Russia shoot for

the moon.

But first, the big idea.

This has approved the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

The bill dubbed the American Rescue Plan, passed in the House of Representatives almost

entirely along party lines.

It now goes to President Biden's desk, where he is expected to sign it Friday.

The Post's Tony Rahm reports that the American Rescue Plan is one of the largest economic

rescue packages in U.S. history.

Congressional Democrats and Biden promise to pass a significant relief package as one

of their first acts of governance after securing narrow majorities in the November elections.

So what's in the bill?

First, it authorizes another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,400 for most Americans.

It extends additional enhanced unemployment aid to the millions of people still out of

a job, and it makes major changes to the tax code to benefit families with children.

Lawmakers also set aside tens of billions of dollars to fund coronavirus testing, contact

tracing, and vaccine deployment.

And the stimulus bill approves additional funds to help schools reopen, allow restaurants

and businesses to stay afloat, and assist state and local governments to meet their own

financial needs.

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