Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) says he expects the Senate to pass billions in new funding to combat the coronavirus by the end of the week.

“I'm pleased that both parties in Congress, in both houses of Congress, are coming together to do the responsible thing. I hope and expect we can pass the emergency appropriation through the Senate before the end of the week,” he said.

Top appropriators and their staff have been locked in days of negotiations over an emergency funding bill amid growing concerns about a widespread outbreak of the virus within the United States.

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Two sources told The Hill on Monday night that negotiators were looking at providing approximately $7.5 billion in funding to combat the coronavirus. A deal is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday afternoon.

If a deal is finalized on Tuesday, senators are hoping the House would be able to pass the bill on Wednesday.

That would tee up the Senate to try to pass it on Thursday. Senate leadership would need cooperation from every senator to speed up consideration of the coronavirus funding bill; otherwise, a vote in the Senate would be delayed until next week.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby Richard Craig ShelbyDems discussing government funding bill into February GOP short of votes on Trump's controversial Fed pick This week: House returns for pre-election sprint MORE (R-Ala.) discussed the potential floor schedule on Monday night with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.).

“I just talked to the leader,” he said. “Asked him was it possible to bring up our bill dealing with the coronavirus this week. And the indication was that if the House does theirs Wednesday and if we have cooperation ... we could possibly bring it up Thursday.”

Sen. John Thune John Randolph ThunePowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said on Tuesday that the Senate would likely set aside other legislation so they could bring up the coronavirus bill.

“I would think it could move pretty quickly over here,” he said.