COVID-19 Stimulus Package Deal Expected Soon

By Daniel Tucker
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

COVID-19 Stimulus Package Deal Expected Soon

By Daniel Tucker
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After a months-long standstill, Democrats and Republicans in Congress appear close to a deal that would provide $908 billion in stimulus and relief for Americans, U.S. companies and state and local governments.

Reset checks in with a congressional reporter on what still needs to happen before the deal is struck.

GUEST: Arthur Delaney, HuffPost congressional reporter