The bill, as amended, is passed.

And with that, the Senate on Saturday past President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion covid 19 relief plan.

In a party line vote.

After an all night session that saw Democrats battling amongst themselves over jobless aid and the Republican minority failing and attempts to push through some three dozen amendments, 50 Democrats voted for the American rescue plan.

Not a single Republican did in what would be one of the largest stimulus packages in U.

S.

History.

The final bill includes $400 billion in one time payments of $1400 to most Americans, $300 a week in extended jobless benefits and $350 billion in aid to state and local governments that have seen the pandemic blow a huge hole in their budget.

I promised the American people help was on the way.

President Biden on Saturday hailed the bill's passage and promised it would supercharge the end of the pandemic.

This nation has suffered too much for much too long and everything in this package designed to relieve the suffering and to meet the most urgent needs of the nation and put us in a better position to prevail.

Republicans have broadly supported previous stimulus packages to fight the virus and revive the economy, both Democrats in charge of the White House and both chambers of Congress that criticized this bill as too expensive and unnecessary.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democrats inherited a tide that is already turning 2021 has already set to be our comeback year.

While Friday's job report showed that U.

S employment surged in February, adding 379,000 jobs, the country has yet to replace 9.5 million jobs lost since last year, and the White House says it could take years to do so.

The bill will now head to the House, which approved a slightly different version a week earlier and then to the president's desk.