News How a pasta dinner and Zoom chats rescued the COVID-19 relief bill and led to a $900 billion deal December 22, 2020Nicholas Wu and Ledyard King, USA TODAYComments Off on How a pasta dinner and Zoom chats rescued the COVID-19 relief bill and led to a $900 billion deal The $900 billion deal broke an eight-month impasse in which talks took place in fits and starts only to give way to more gridlock.