Lawmakers negotiating a bipartisan coronavirus aid package are pitching a bill to extend supplemental unemployment insurance for 16 weeks and at least $160 billion in state and local aid, according to a new proposal circulating in Congress.

The latest proposal, which would provide an extra $300 per week in jobless benefits, leaves out a new round of stimulus checks or the details of a lawsuit liability provision but provides other language that would bring Congress closer to its goal of passing new aid legislation by the end of the year.

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