Audio: Senate Dems reach deal on unemployment aid in COVID-19 relief bill, ending all-day standstill

Updated: Mar 5, 2021 / 09:31 PM CST

Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

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