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Senate Dems secure $1.9T stimulus bill, minority farmer debt relief survives GOP challenge

03/06/21 12:25 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Agriculture Department American Rescue Plan black farmers broadband coronavirus covid-19 derecho disaster aid Economic Stimulus farmworkers food supply chain infrastructure minority farmers pandemic Pat Toomey Personal Protective equipment racial equity Raphael Warnock rural health care socially disadvantaged farmers Tom Vilsack usda
Democrats win Senate approval of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package after modifying some provisions to assuage party moderates but preserving historic debt relief for minority farmers that Republicans tried to strip from the bill.
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