Congress In Stalemate Over New COVID-19 Stimulus Bill

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
Virus Outbreak Congress
FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio. There were just a few hundred coronavirus cases when Congress first started focusing on emergency spending in early March. By the end of that month, as Congress passed the massive $2.2 trillion Cares Act, cases skyrocketed above 100,000 and deaths climbed past 2,000. Eric Gay, File / AP Photo
Virus Outbreak Congress
FILE - In this April 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio. There were just a few hundred coronavirus cases when Congress first started focusing on emergency spending in early March. By the end of that month, as Congress passed the massive $2.2 trillion Cares Act, cases skyrocketed above 100,000 and deaths climbed past 2,000. Eric Gay, File / AP Photo

Congress In Stalemate Over New COVID-19 Stimulus Bill

By Daniel Tucker, Steve Bynum
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Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse over a new coronavirus stimulus package. Reset checks in a congressional reporter to discuss how soon Americans might expect more financial relief from the pandemic.

GUEST: Arthur Delaney, congressional reporter at HuffPost