UpdatedMon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:41 am ET Reply(1) Congress vowed not to go home before approving a nearly $900 billion stimulus. (Shutterstock) NORTH CAROLINA — For months, members of Congress have dug in their heels, avoided concessions and failed to deliver a much-needed federal relief package aimed at helping cash-strapped Americans in North Carolina and others get through the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it appears negotiators in Washington, D.C., finally have an agreement. For much of last week, members of Congress worked through the last remaining holdups on a long-delayed $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package. At the center of the package would be billions in aid to small businesses, extended federal and state unemployment benefits, direct payments to Americans, and additional funds to renters and people needing food aid.