US House passes $1.9 trillion COVID pandemic relief bill, Joe Biden says now ‘time to act’ in Senate

US House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate. "We have no time to waste," Biden said at the White House after the House passage early Saturday. "We act now _ decisively, quickly and boldly _ we can finally get ahead of this virus. We can finally get our economy moving again. People in this country have suffered far too much for too long."