Senate closes in on trillion-dollar coronavirus stimulus bill
By Jordain Carney - 03/21/20 09:02 AM EDT
Senators are racing the clock as they try to clinch a deal on a massive stimulus package to address fallout from the coronavirus outbreak rattling the nation.
The Senate is holding a rare weekend session starting at noon on Saturday for lawmakers to attempt to hammer out an agreement on a bill that is expected to cost at least $1 trillion.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had set a midnight Friday deadline for Congress and the White House to reach a deal “in principle†— a tall task for bipartisan negotiations that started in earnest earlier Friday morning.
While negotiators said they’ve moved toward an agreement, they missed that deadline amid ongoing talks over several key provisions. Now, senators will reconvene late Saturday morning as they push toward a deal.
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