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Top Democrats swing behind bipartisan coronavirus aid bill

by Andrew Taylor
| December 2, 2020 12:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders swung behind a bipartisan COVID-19 relief effort Wednesday, cutting their demands for a $2 trillion-plus measure by more than half in hopes of breaking a monthslong logjam and delivering much-sought aid as a coda to a tempestuous congressional session.

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