Can Congress Reach a Deal on a Second COVID-19 Stimulus Package?
Congress Close to a Deal on Second Stimulus Package: What We Know Intelligencer 12/17/2020 Ed Kilgore © Getty Images Pelosi and McConnell are still warily circling each other as time runs down. Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic was reaching its early peak in March, bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress speedily adopted a $2.2 trillion emergency stimulus package. The CARES Act, which was signed into law by President Trump, included an array of loans and grants for large and small businesses; over $300 billion in aid to cash-strapped state and local governmen...