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WASHINGTON - Congress scrambled to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic, with the Senate preparing to vote Wednesday on a $105 billion aid package and President Donald Trump pushing for a third, $1 trillion plan.
Lawmakers were trying to craft another emergency stimulus package that Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said on Tuesday could cost $1.3 trillion. The Treasury Department circulated a memo on Wednesday with some of the proposed details. It was unclear when the massive new proposal would be taken up, although one House Democratic aide said Wednesday it might be as soon as next week. It was also unclear how soon Americans would get the money, but Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday morning to push the effort.
“This is not a time for small thinking. This is not a time for small measures,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “This is a time to be bold, to be aggressive.” Separately, the Trump administration late on Tuesday also asked Congress for another $45.8 billion to shore up U.S. agencies responding to the outbreak.
Congress quickly approved an first $8.3 billion package in early March to boost the medical response to the pandemic.Health officials have advised Americans to avoid non-essential travel and large gatherings in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 6,500 people across the country and killed at least 115.
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