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Sweeping Senate vote sends Trump $8.3B bill to fight virus

by Associated Press
| March 5, 2020 11:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed an $8.3 billion measure Thursday to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in hopes of reassuring a fearful public and accelerating the government's response to the virus, whose rapid spread is threatening to upend everyday life in the U.S. and across the globe.

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