Congressional leaders and the White House are converging on the need for a new assistance package to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic’s economic devastation, fearful that a $2 trillion bailout law enacted last month will have only a limited effect.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Worried that $2 trillion law wasn’t enough, Trump and congressional leaders converge on need for new coronavirus economic package
Political leaders say more aid is needed to confront mounting economic problems
By Erica Werner
and April 6, 2020 at 5:47 p.m. EDT