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US Congress Confronts New Virus Crisis Rescue as Pandemic Grows

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - It stands as the biggest economic rescue in U.S. history,
   the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill swiftly approved by Congress
   in the spring. And it's painfully clear now, as the pandemic worsens,
   it was only the start.

   With COVID-19 cases hitting alarming new highs and the death roll
   rising, the pandemic's devastating cycle is happening all over again,
   leaving Congress little choice but to engineer another costly rescue.
   Businesses are shutting down, schools cannot fully reopen and jobs are
   disappearing, all while federal emergency aid expires. Without a
   successful federal plan to control the outbreak, Congress heads back to
   work with no endgame to the crisis in sight.

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