U.S. House approves aid package, sets up panel to probe gov't coronavirus response 

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives approved the fourth coronavirus aid package, with a majority of that money allocated to small businesses. The rest of the funding will be used to help hospitals crushed by the the outbreak of COVID-19.

The legislation received solid bipartisan support in the Democratic-led House, with only five House members, four Republicans and Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, voting "No" on the bill.

The $484 billion aid bill is the fourth bill to pass during the coronavirus pandemic.

Around $321 billion will be used for the Paycheck Protection Program, a small business aid program that ran out of money early in the crisis. According to Politico, the aid bill will provide $60 billion in economic disaster loans for small businesses, $75 billion in emergency funding for hospitals and $25 billion to improve coronavirus testing. 

The House also approved the creation of a special coronavirus investigative panel that will examine the federal government's response to the pandemic - passing on bi-partisan lines, 212 to 182, with Republicans completely against it.

The bill was sent to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign the aid package.

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