This is not just about numbers, it's about people's lives.

President Joe Biden on Friday stressed the urgency to enact a $1.9 trillion pandemic related aid package as quickly as possible to beat back a pandemic that has killed more than 450,000 Americans and left millions jobless.

We can't do too much here.

We could do to.

Little hours after the Senate approved a budget plan with amendments in a predawn vote Friday, the concurrent resolution as amended is adopted.

The House approved it to enabling Democrats to push the massive aid bill through Congress.

With or without Republican support.

Biden said he was open to compromise with Republicans as long as they did not slow things down.

So I'm going to act.

I'm going to act fast.

I'd like to be, uh I'd like to be doing it with the support of Republicans.

I've met with Republicans or some really fine people want to get something done, but they're just not willing to go a Sfar as I think we have to go.

The approved budget amendments conserve as guidelines for developing the actual coronavirus aid bill in coming weeks.

AH chunk of guidance $1.9 trillion proposal would extend special unemployment benefits and make direct payments to people to help them pay bills and stimulate the economy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted the final legislation could pass Congress before March 15th, when the special unemployment benefits expire.