After an eight-month politically-charged rollercoaster, Congress ended 2020 by passing a $900 billion COVID-relief package and a $1.4 trillion FY21 budget simultaneously. This giant bill, totaling over 5,500 pages, was signed into law on December 27th. It contained direct payments to citizens, expanded unemployment benefits, included new provisions for clinical trials, and most importantly, new opportunities and actions for ME/CFS.
Here’s what the 116th Congress did for ME/CFS:
