KRDO's Afternoon News - March 5, 2021 - ABC's Andy Field

Senate Democrats bidding to solidify support for their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill have agreed to pare back the measure's emergency jobless benefits but extend them for an extra month. Democrats hope the Senate will approve the overall legislation over the weekend, then have the House give it final approval and whisk it to Biden for his signature. But first, the Senate has to vote on a mountain of amendments ("vote-a-rama"), mostly by GOP opponents and virtually all of which are destined to fail. As of this writing, Republicans have offered 1,008 amendments to be voted on.