The bipartisan group of House and Senate negotiators made a decision to split the $908 billion COVID-19 relief package proposal into two separate deals.
The White House offered a new COVID-19 relief package worth $916 billion to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted the Democratic COVID-19 relief package on Tuesday, after Democratic nominee Joe Biden pressed Congress to pass it.
Earlier this month, a text message had circulated to Americans, urging the receivers to click what reports described as "a nefarious link" so they could receive a $1,200 stimulus check in response to COVID-19.
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has discussed the need for passing a new COVID-19 relief package with two top Democrat officials in Congress.
Coalition of small business organizations, the Small Business Roundtable, wrote a letter to a congressional leadership on behalf of 30 million small businesses.