WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan on Saturday, putting Congress one step closer to fulfilling an electoral promise from President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies to shepherd a swift, equal recovery to the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

WASHINGTON - House Democrats voted Wednesday to set the stage for party-line approval of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, heeding the president's calls for swift action on his first big agenda item - but without the bipartisan unity he promised.