Joe Biden Greets Passage of 6,000-page Relief Bill with Call for More Spending

President-elect Joe Biden greeted the passage Monday night of a massive, 6,000-page coronavirus relief and spending bill with calls for more spending on the pandemic in the new year.

The bill provided $900 in coronavirus relief funding, including $300 for expanded federal unemployment benefits and $600 checks for households - half of the amounts provided by initial relief legislation earlier this year.

Biden's assessment, made repeatedly in recent weeks, echoes the view of many Democrats who see the bill as the beginning of a negotiation, not the end.

Democrats had held back from passing a coronavirus relief bill before the election, lest it help President Donald Trump.

Pelosi had used such tactics before, delaying the passage of a bipartisan relief bill in the spring, and stalling the expansion of the Payment Protection Program earlier in the year.

Biden and his party hope to pass even more spending next year, perhaps providing the funds to "Blue" states and local governments that Republicans had been unwilling to approve.

Biden has openly embraced the idea of restoring the practice of earmarks - allowing members of Congress to attach pet projects to bills - as a way of encouraging cooperation.

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