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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday morning it is time to conclude our talks, draft legislation and land this plane. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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IN CASE IT WASN’T PLAINLY OBVIOUS, Senate and House negotiators hope to announce a Covid relief deal today. The government shuts down tomorrow night they passed a short-term stopgap Friday night and getting this $2 trillion package through Congress in one day will be a heavy lift, but will be necessary. There seems to be a recognition that the government needs to be funded by Monday morning, and that means a vote o
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President Donald Trump has continued his, um, mastery of Congress, by nearly blowing up the talks by demanding large stimulus checks at the last moment. | Al Drago/Getty Images
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TRUMP presidency.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi said upon leaving the Capitol, “I think we’re in good shape but a lot of writing goes into it.” | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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The Big Four met on and off for more than three hours Tuesday night in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s conference room in the Capitol. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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HERE’S WHAT WE CAN SAY at this early hour. If you are gambling or setting odds, there’s a damn good chance that there will be a stimulus deal reached. It could be reached today maybe! Theoretically! given that: Friday is the government funding deadline, all the leaders agree a Covid relief deal should be paired with government funding, they have said they won’t leave town until a Covid deal is notched and passed,
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The Electoral College today will vote to make Joe Biden the next president. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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SO, THIS WEEK is going to be crazy. Really crazy. The kind of crazy that only a December in Washington brings.