Joe Biden responds after Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin calls historic jobless numbers 'not relevant.' Mnuchin argued the economic package under consideration in Congress now will help those put out of work, and in the long-term, people will be rehired.
Here are Thursday's most significant developments in Washington:The Senate passed a $2 trillion relief package in a unanimous vote, heads to the HouseTrump confirms he'll appear at the White House coronavirus task force briefing scheduled for 5 p.m.
"Americans across the country are hoping the day will soon arrive when they can resume their normal economic, social, and religious lives," Trump said."In furtherance of this shared goal, my Administration is working to publish new guidelines for state and local policymakers to use in making decisions about maintaining, increasing, or relaxing social distancing and other mitigation measures they have put in place.
"Congressional Democrats in the Senate and in the House were able to flip this over from a corporate, trickle-down, Republican version to bubble-up, workers-first, families-first legislation," Pelosi said."We have some other things we want to do, but first we want to take pride in what happens there."
The House is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Friday to hold a short debate and then approve the massive bill by voice vote before sending the measure to President Trump's desk.
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