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Senate Republicans preparing $500B virus relief proposal

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 2:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leaders are preparing a slimmed-down coronavirus relief package of roughly $500 billion that will include extended payments for unemployed people and smaller businesses, a GOP senator said Tuesday.

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