Trump Signs <br />Coronavirus Relief Bill, After Days of Delay .<br />President Donald Trump signed the massive <br />$2.3 trillion legislation at the eleventh hour.<br />avoiding a government shutdown and <br />extending additional unemployment <br />benefits that had lapsed during the delay.<br />Congress approved the bipartisan legislation on Monday.<br />$900 billion of the $2.3 trillion is earmarked <br />specifically for a number of COVID relief programs.<br />The remaining portion of the bill is <br />intended to fund the government at large.<br />While the passage of the bill was veto-proof, <br />Trump's refusal to sign the legislation for <br />nearly a week has several significant implications.<br />Notably, pandemic unemployment assistance <br />recipients will not receive a week of payments <br />due to the lapse of the program on the 26th.<br />Nearly 12 million Americans are currently receiving <br />some form of federal unemployment assistance.<br />Also, when Americans will receive the <br />$600 stimulus checks is now in question.<br />Trump's Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin initially <br />stated direct deposits would begin to hit <br />bank accounts as early as this week. .<br />Trump stated his refusal to sign the bill was due <br />to the dollar amount of the stimulus checks, which <br />he says he wanted raised to $2000 per individual.<br />The Democrat-led House of Representatives <br />will vote for the second time on Monday <br />to expand the stimulus payments.<br />The first bid to expand payments was <br />rejected by Republicans on Thursday
