Bipartisan Negotiators Reach Deal For Roughly $8 Billion For Coronavirus Response
House and Senate leaders agreed on an emergency funding bill totaling about $8 billion to address the coronavirus outbreak. The bipartisan measure could pass both chambers of Congress this week.
by Claudia Grisales
Mar 04, 2020
3 minutes
Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a roughly $8 billion deal on emergency spending to respond to growing cases linked to the coronavirus illness domestically and abroad.
A bipartisan group of members and staff for the appropriations panels in both the House and Senate unveiled the legislation on Wednesday after several days of talks. They released details of the plan, which will boost funding for testing of the virus and lower costs for related medical treatments.
Although partisan disagreements on providing affordable access to treatment slowed
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