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White House seeks $850B economic stimulus amid virus crisis

by Associated Press
| March 17, 2020 7:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is proposing a roughly $850 billion economic rescue package Tuesday amid the coronaviru s outbreak, a sweeping stimulus for businesses and taxpayers unseen since the Great Recession of 2008.

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