If you were rooting for Washington to pass another coronavirus relief package, watching

the negotiations play out over the last few months, they felt a little like being on

the sidelines of an especially contentious game of shoots and ladders.

The Democrats in the House started things off back in May, pushing that hefty $3.4 trillion

bill.

And then Senate Republicans kicked them back to square one.

The Senate Republicans just didn't even respond at first.

They just kind of looked at it like, you know, kind of like a turd on the floor.

They're like, we're not even addressing that.

Slate student Weisman has been our stimulus correspondent from Go.

And then finally Mitch McConnell came back with his $1 trillion offer.

The Democrats said absolutely not.

There was that skinny version of the bill, just $500 billion.

The skinny bill.

And then the White House went back to negotiating with House Democrats because obviously

nothing was happening in Congress.

Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi were not going to have productive conversations.

And God only knows what is happening inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue right now.

This weekend, after first pulling out of stimulus negotiations, the president seemed to want

back in.

Is the stimulus deal dead?

Well, no, I don't think it's dead at all.

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