WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators are reporting continued progress on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, with optimism rising that the overdue talks would soon produce an agreement.
The Senate convened a Saturday session, while House members stood by for a vote that will arrive no earlier than Sunday.
A new government shutdown of midnight Sunday was serving as a backstop for the tortuous negotiations, which were being conducted in secret largely among the top four leaders of Capitol Hill’s warring tribes.
A key negotiator said the talks continued in good faith.
