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In this image from video, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

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Treasury proposal: Deliver $500B to Americans starting April
March 18, 2020 2:19 p.m.

Treasury proposal: Deliver $500B to Americans starting April

WASHINGTON (AP) — By a sweeping bipartisan tally, the Senate on Wednesday sent President Donald Trump a $100 billion-plus bill to boost testing for the coronavirus and guarantee paid sick leave for millions of workers hit by it. But lawmakers and the White House had already turned their focus to the administration's far bigger $1 trillion plan to stabilize the economy as the pandemic threatens financial ruin for individuals and businesses.