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Close but not yet: Deal near on COVID-19 economic aid bill

by Andrew Taylor
| December 16, 2020 6:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package that would deliver additional help to businesses, $300 per week jobless checks, and $600 stimulus payments to most Americans. But there was no deal quite yet.

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