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Fed and Treasury urge Congress to approve more virus relief

by Martin Crutsinger
| December 3, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress to approve COVID-19 relief funds without further delay, though Democrats continued to attack a decision by Mnuchin to allow five Fed lending programs to expire during the pandemic.

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