A year-end COVID-19 aid deal may happen after all

By Susan Ferrechio

Published December 4, 2020 4:00am ET

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A year-end COVID-19 aid deal may happen after all — From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo. | Susan Walsh/AP

House and Senate leaders, who had been prepared to end the year without approving a new coronavirus aid bill, are now rushing to try to pass legislation in the next week.

Rising numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have increased pressure on the leadership in both parties and forced the two sides to consider compromise legislation that has eluded Congress for months.

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