Relief bill

As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gas relief proposal, car-owners with vehicles registered under their name would get a $400 debit card, eligible for a maximum of two cars. His proposal also stipulates relief plans for public transportation and the sales tax on diesel. Anousha Rasta reports March 23, 2022.

About 127 million people nationwide are getting or have gotten COVID-19 relief payments and that has a lot of people checking their mail. However, there’s a concern that thieves know checks are landing in mail boxes, too.

The final vote was along party lines after a marathon session. Christine Kim reported on NBC4 News on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its own version of the House-passed aid package. Four days after the chamber’s parliamentarian said Senate rules forbid inclusion of a straight-out minimum wage increase in the relief measure, Democrats seemed to have exhausted…

An NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit analysis of Federal SBA Paycheck Protection Program records found at least a dozen California churches got millions of dollars in Federal taxpayer COVID-19 relief money while, at the same time, defying local government health rules meant to reduce the spread of COVID.

President Joe Biden has laid out his for moving fast and without Republicans, if necessary, to pass $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief, armed with new signs of economic strain brought on by the continuing pandemic

President Joe Biden is making passage of a new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill his top priority, with Democrats wanting to vote next week, with or without Republican support. Republicans say the plan costs too much, and want to break it into smaller bills.

Southwest Airlines is lifting the threat of furloughs or pay cuts for thousands of workers now that U.S. airlines will get up to $15 billion more in taxpayer aid contained in the coronavirus-relief bill.

President Donald Trump signed a COVID relief and government funding bill Sunday night after a week of threatening to veto the bill for its “low” direct cash payments of $600 to eligible Americans. The House is expected to vote on a bill raising the $600 amount to $2,000 for adults today.

President Donald Trump signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal and averting a federal government shutdown. Kim Tobin reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Dec. 27, 2020.

President Trump is rejecting the $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress after months of gridlock. In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, the president complained the bill’s $600 cash payment to Americans was too small.

President Donald Trump’s new demand of $2,000 aid checks to Americans is threatening to tank a big year-end COVID relief bill

Congress has passed a new $900 billion dollar COVID-19 relief package aimed at providing aid to struggling families and businesses. Here is what Americans can expect from it.

The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power.

Top leaders continue to negotiate the bill that would total about $900 billion dollars, which will include direct stimulus checks, likely in the $600 dollar per person range. Conan Nolan reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2020.

The relief package now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill would provide $600 payments to many Americans.

The new bipartisan plan will likely include more stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said “there is momentum” toward a COVID-19 relief after new labor data Friday showed signs of a sluggish economic recovery. Pelosi said the House would do what it takes to get a bi-partisan bill done before the holiday recess.

With COVID-19 deaths and infections hitting record highs and discouraging economic numbers, Washington is under pressure to break deadlock on a new relief bill.