Here's where taxpayer money will go from the coronavirus package Trump just signed
by Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times
Mar 06, 2020
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has signed a bipartisan $8.3 billion aid package aimed at developing a vaccine for the coronavirus and helping states deal with the spread of the disease.
Congress approved the emergency spending bill earlier this week, which is multiple times the $2.5 billion the Trump administration had requested initially and slightly less than the $8.5 billion Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y. had proposed as a counteroffer.
"I asked for $2.5 (billion) and I
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