Live updates: Republicans slam $1.9T Covid relief package as conglomeration of 'pricey partisan pet projects'

Senate Republicans are slamming what they call the "pricey partisan pet projects" and "Democratic wish list items" embedded in the House's relief package.

The legislation will now headed to the Senate. The Senate could move as soon as this week to pass its own version of the bill, which would look slightly different from the House proposal — most notably excluding the $15 minimum wage increase after the parliamentarian ruled that its inclusion violates budget rules. Democrats are using a procedural tool known as budget reconciliation to pass the legislation without any Republican support and are therefore limited as to what provisions they can include. And given their thinnest-possible majority in the Senate, the party needs to secure the support of all 50 members across the ideological spectrum, with Vice President Kamala Harris then able to cast a tie-breaking vote. Mobile users, please click here.