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Mnuchin urges swift aid bill; ex-Fed chairs want bigger deal

by AP Business Writers
| July 20, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress Friday to quickly enact a new pandemic relief package targeting hardest-hit swaths of the economy, as lawmakers race to stand up federal aid in the face of the latest spike in coronavirus cases across much of the Sun Belt and persistent severe unemployment.

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