nancy, good evening. >> reporter: norah, the treasury department tells us that as soon as congress passes this bill, the first stimulus checks could go out within a couple of weeks. but tonight, negotiators are still haggling over the final details, and nothing can happen until that's done. as leaders close in on a relief deal, they admit congress left americans hanging for too long. >> should have been done months done. should have been done. >> reporter: house majority leader steny hoyer says the addition of stimulus checks is a welcome breakthrough. $600 to $700 per adult, meaning a couple might get $1,400, and possibly additional money for each child under 17. like the first round of checks in the spring, these would likely go out to individuals making less than $75,000 a year, or couples making less than $150,000. >> once you give that money to