US Congress approves $1.9 trillion Covid relief package

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Bill (Alex Brandon/AP)

The US Congress has approved a 1.9 trillion dollar (£1.3 trillion) Covid-19 relief Bill.

The House gave final congressional approval to the sweeping package by a near party line 220-211 vote seven weeks after Joe Biden entered the White House and four days after the Senate passed the Bill without a single Republican vote.