The House on Saturday passed its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on a 219-212 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. The Senate plans to consider the legislation and hold a lengthy vote series throughout Friday and into the weekend.

The Senate parliamentarian this week said the House-passed provisions that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour over a multi-year period are not allowed under current Senate rules. Those rules, which Democrats are using under a process known as budget reconciliation, dictate that provisions in the relief bill must relate to revenue changes for the federal government.

The Senate can choose to overrule the parliamentarian and include the provisions. It is unclear whether Senate Democrats will choose to do so, though other changes various sections of the House-passed bill have been discussed. At the time of writing there is an agreement to lower weekly supplemental unemployment benefits to $300 per week from $400 per week, but extend them through September, one month longer than the House-passed bill. Current federal benefits are set to expire on March 14.

If the Senate makes any substantive changes to the bill before passing it, such as stripping out the minimum wage provisions, the legislation would then go back to the House for a final vote before heading to President Biden for his signature.

The budget reconciliation process allows the bill to pass on a simple majority vote.

The over 600 page House-passed bill is wide ranging, including direct payments of $1,400 to many individuals below a $100,000 income limit, $400 per week supplemental unemployment insurance benefits, an expansion of the child tax credits, aid for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, testing and tracing, over $350 billion for state and local governments and $170 billion for K-12 schools and higher education institutions.