Where the stimulus bill stands in Congress, and what comes next

The House version also currently includes a federal minimum wage increase to $15 -- though that provision will not make it into the Senate version after the parliamentarian determined it could not be passed by a simple majority, under Senate rules.

Democrats are split over whether to include the minimum wage hike, which is a top priority of progressives but opposed by moderates in the party.

But getting the package -- packages, really, since there will be different versions between the House, Senate and White House that must be reconciled -- passed into law will test Biden's calls for unity.

Work on the plan so far has made clear not just that most Republicans have little appetite for cooperating with the Democrats who are now in charge, but also that Democrats -- whose control of Senate rests with Vice President Kamala Harris' tiebreaking vote -- aren't totally unified among themselves.

Continue below to find out what we know right now about where the bill is at and where it's going.

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A full breakdown of what's in the bill passed in the House is here.

A guide to what you can expect to get from the current version of the bill is here.

Everything you need to know about the complicated procedure Democrats will have to use to push this through the Senate, which is split 50-50, is here.

Is there a deadline for this thing to pass?

Sort of.

Whatever version the Senate approves would also have to pass again through the House.

How many people could lose expanded unemployment benefits in March?

A lot.

More than a third of Americans reported their household has had trouble covering expenses during the pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the Census.

Can this bill pass by mid-March?

Democrats say yes.

"We are on track to get this bill done and get it on the President's desk before the expiration of the enhanced unemployment benefits, which is March 14," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday.

Will any Republicans join in?

It doesn't look like it.

With the minimum wage stripped, the question then becomes whether House Democrats, like New York Rep.