Congress to vote on stimulus bill sending most Americans $600, extending COVID-19 protections

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The bill will reinstate supplemental unemployment benefits of $300 per week, and extend eviction protections through the end of January. The legislation also allocates another $284 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program.