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Negotiations falter over $2tn US stimulus deal NewsColony US senators failed to pass a motion to advance fiscal stimulus legislation worth nearly $2tn to help America weather the coronavirus pandemic, after congressional Democrats said it gave big business an overly generous bailout. Only 47 out of 100 senators voted in favour of the procedural motion when 60 were needed to move the bill forward. The vote in the upper chamber of Congress on Sunday evening marked a setback for the chances of quick passage. But negotiations among White House officials and congressional leaders from both parties were continuing, raising hopes that a deal could still be struck in the coming hours.  “The legislation had many, many problems,” Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said on Sunday afternoon.  “At the top of the list, it included a large corporate bailout provision, with no protections for workers and virtually no oversight. It also significantly cut back on the money our...