Senate Approves $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Package on Party-Line Vote

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (C) walks with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) (L) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on their way to a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Senate narrowly approved the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package on March 6 on a party-line vote.

After more than 24 hours of debate, the evenly divided Senate voted 50–49 to approve the measure. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan was absent because he was in Alaska for a family funeral.