From TheWeek.com:
Congressional negotiators are reportedly "on the brink" of a new coronavirus relief bill that includes direct stimulus payments to Americans. The last coronavirus relief bill expired at the end of July, and some of its unemployment provisions were set to run out at the end of December. A breakthrough in stagnating negotiations came last month as a group of bipartisan senators worked out a $760 billion relief package that Democratic leaders and some Republicans agreed to support.
As of Wednesday, that package has increased to $900 billion, but details are scant. It will likely exclude the liability shield for businesses facing coronavirus-related lawsuits that Democrats opposed, as well as local and state funding Republicans weren't fans of. Senators on both sides of the aisle demanded another round of stimulus checks, and the bill may include payments in the "$500-600 range," Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) said Wednesday.