Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won't offer $1,200 checks

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, on a probe of the FBI's Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., adjusts his mask after addressing the news media about his Senate race against Daniel Gabe, on election night in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Manchin, is putting pressure on congressional leaders to accept a split-the-difference solution to the months-long impasse on COVID-19 relief in a last-gasp effort to ship overdue help to a hurting nation before Congress adjourns for the holidays. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McMcConnell of Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Bill O'Leary/Pool via AP)

President-elect Joe Biden leaves St. Joseph On the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., arrives for Senate Republicans leadership elections but the door was locked, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)