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Nonprofits chalk up wins in Senate’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill

Bill includes expanded PPP eligibility, unemployment reimbursements, state and local aid and direct aid to non-public schools

Associated Press

Senators stand and applaud support staff before the final vote on the Senate version of the COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate on March 6, 2021.

The Senate’s 50-49 passage of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on Saturday was hailed as a significant victory by Jewish community leaders who had lobbied legislators to include more provisions to support nonprofits and human services.

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