President Trump emphasized his hope that the U.S. largely will reopen for business by Easter -- as his top economic advisor suggested Congress may soon pass an unprecedented fiscal-stimulus package.
However, although the temperature on Capitol Hill was much lower on Tuesday, some fireworks began on the Senate floor late Tuesday night, after the briefing. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., remarked that “there are too many people on the field" and that Democrats still wanted too much more money for non-emergency, unrelated policy projects.is trying to get a little bit more," Graham said. "Nickel-and-diming at a time when people are dying -- literally dying.
Pence said the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] was providing 7.6 million N95 masks and 4 million surgical masks to states. The agency told Fox News that at the last minute, it was able to procure coronavirus test kits from the private market and did not need to invoke the “prioritization” clause of the Defense Production Act.
"This package will be the single largest Main Street assistance program in the history of the United States.", with 60 percent of Americans approving of his coronavirus response efforts, Trump went on to tout the impact of the expected congressional stimulus package as a good sign for the nation's financial future.
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