Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., top, speaks during a lunch with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., also attends, bottom. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
March 16, 2020
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March 16, 2020 11:47 a.m.
Senate Democrats seek $750B to fight coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are proposing a new coronavirus aid package, with at least $750 billion to boost hospital capacity, unemployment insurance and other direct aid for American households, businesses and the health care industry.