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Pelosi expects Covid relief will be signed into law before unemployment programs expire



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Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2021.Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi expects Democrats will pass their next coronavirus relief package before programs buoying jobless Americans lapse next month, she said Thursday.The House hopes to approve its $1.9 trillion aid plan “by the end of February so we can send it to the president’s desk before unemployment benefits expire” on March 14, the California Democrat told reporters.The pandemic-era policies set to run out add a $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement, expand benefits …

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