⁍ Key senators and White House negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a deal on a key piece of their stimulus package.

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⁍ The agreement marks progress in what has been an unwieldy several days on Capitol Hill for Republicans.

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⁍ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told members he plans to unveil the package Thursday not as a single bill, but in pieces based on jurisdiction.

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– Senate Republicans and the White House have reached a deal on how much money to include in the GOP’s new $1 trillion spending package, which will be unveiled Thursday. The “fundamental agreement,” as Sen. Richard Shelby calls it, includes $105 billion for schools, $30 billion for colleges and universities, and $5 billion for governors to use at their discretion, the New York Times reports. The money would be divided as follows: $70 billion for K-12 schools, $35 billion for all schools on a per capita basis, and $5 billion for governors to use at their discretion. The money would be tied to how schools would qualify for the second pot of money, but “the bill lets most of the determination threshold be defined by governors in their state, rather than trying to have one national standard irrespective of whatever their health care environment,” Sen. Roy Blunt tells the Times. The deal comes as millions of Americans are still out of work after the $600 federal enhancement to weekly unemployment benefits expires at the end of the month. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tells members he plans to unveil the package not as a single bill, but in pieces based on jurisdiction, the Hill reports. That will mark the start of negotiations with House Democrats, who passed their own $3 trillion proposal in May.