McConnell announces deal on COVID-19 relief
"As our citizens continue battling this coronavirus this holiday season, they will not be fighting alone," Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor.
The package would be the second-largest economic stimulus in U.S. history, following a $2.3 trillion aid bill passed in March. The deal comes as the pandemic accelerates, infecting more than 214,000 people in the country each day. More than 317,000 Americans have already died.
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the package should have enough support to pass both chambers of Congress.
"Finally we have some good news to deliver to the American people," he said on the Senate floor.
