Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.) will move to set up a forthcoming third coronavirus package on Friday.

The move is largely a time-saving measure that would help keep the chamber on schedule to vote on a mammoth stimulus deal, if one is reached, early next week.

“We expect to have an agreement by the end today, as I said earlier this morning. Tomorrow we’ll be drafting it,” he told reporters after a closed-door caucus lunch. “I will in all likelihood file cloture on the motion to proceed today instead of tomorrow.”

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McConnell would likely tee up a “shell” bill, which the text of the stimulus package would be added into once its drafted.

That would set up an initial procedural vote on Sunday.

The push to move quickly comes as senators, their staffers and administration officials including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinLawmakers fear voter backlash over failure to reach COVID-19 relief deal United Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid House Democrats plan to unveil bill next week to avert shutdown MORE have been meeting behind closed doors to try to negotiate an agreement on the package, which is expected to be at least $1 trillion.

McConnell wants to have a deal in principle by the end of Friday.

Staff and senators would then spend the weekend drafting and ironing out bill text.