JUST IN: The Senate has voted to approve a sweeping spending package to direct billions of dollars toward the US government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. The package will next be sent to the White House for the President’s signature.
The package will next be sent to the White House for the President's signature. It passed the House on Wednesday with broad, bipartisan support.
Coronavirus outbreak spreads across the worldThe agreement provides $7.8 billion in appropriations to address the outbreak of coronavirus as well as an authorization for $500 million in mandatory spending to fund a telehealth program in an effort to expand access to health services for seniors for a total of $8.3 billion in all.Lawmakers have been meeting for days to hammer out a package to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
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