Congress still mired in stimulus talks hours before funding deadline
“Congress woke up on Friday morning with a major to-do-list: preventing a government shutdown at midnight and clinching a $900 billion coronavirus deal. While congressional leaders have struck a deal on the broad outlines of a package that would deliver $600 stimulus checks to many individuals and children, $325 billion for small businesses and a $300 weekly unemployment boost, finalizing the deal has proven stubbornly difficult.”