USA Today - 18.03.2020

2A ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020 ❚ USA TODAY NEWS

jobs because of the coronavirus shut-
down or those who can’t work because
they lack child care.
Trump also said the government
should help the airlines weather the
crisis.
“We don’t want airlines going out of
business or people losing their jobs and
not having money to live,” Trump said at
a news conference.
To help workers and families cope
with the disruptions, Mnuchin said one
option under consideration is sending
checks directly to Americans. Republi-
can Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has pro-
posed cutting $1,000 checks for all
American adults.
“We’re looking at sending checks to
Americans immediately,” Mnuchin said,
although he did not say how big those
checks might be.
Mnuchin said the measures under
consideration are “stuff that needs to be
done now.”
The administration pitched the eco-
nomic stimulus package while the
Senate considers a House-passed bill
aimed at providing paid sick leave,
among other initiatives.
Many senators are looking at the
possibility of approving the House bill,
then beginning work right away on a
larger package, although there’s some
talk of melding the elements of the
House package with bigger steps such
as sending checks to American house-
holds.
For the moment, many Senate Re-
publicans are setting aside worries
about the deficit impact of the package,
which could reach $1 trillion or more.
“Well, I’m about as conservative fis-
cally as you can be,” said Sen. John Ken-
nedy, R-La. “This would not be the first
preference of anybody. But then it
wasn’t the first preference of anybody
that some of our people got sick. So
we’ve got to deal with it, and this is not a
time to be cheap.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer, D-NY., has unveiled a propos-
al to spend $750 billion to address a
number of sectors, including emergency
child care for health care workers and
first responders; medicine and food
delivery systems for seniors; and
assistance to keep public transporta-

tion running.

U.S. stocks stabilized after the Trump

administration said it planned financial

support for an airline industry devastat-

ed by the pandemic. Tuesday’s gains

followed the market’s worst sell-off in

more than three decades on Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and

the Standard & Poor’s 500 both rose

sharply Tuesday after suffering their

worst day since the “Black Monday”

stock market crash of 1987.

Meanwhile, Trump announced the

expansion of telehealth services for

those on Medicare, noting that patients

who are ill with the coronavirus would

be able to access any doctor “at no addi-

tional cost.”

Trump also met Tuesday with mem-

bers of the fast-food industry, which he

said has promised to keep drive-thru

lines open even as dine-in service has

been shut down at many eateries across

the country. Mnuchin stressed that

many fast-food chains have mobile

apps that will allow consumers to order

food ahead of time.

“We expect they will be able to feed a

large part of the population,” he said.

The president urged Americans to

remain vigilant – to stay home as much

as possible and limit gatherings to 10

people – for at least two more weeks.

“We have to fight that invisible ene-

my, I guess unknown, but we are getting

to know it quickly,” he said. “One day we

will be standing up here and be saying,

‘Well, we won.’”

Stimulus

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Willie Mays waits for his order Tuesday at Melt Bar & Grilled in Lakewood, Ohio. The state’s bars and restaurants have been

ordered closed except for carry-out as coronavirus cases have spread across the country. KEN BLAZE/USA TODAY NETWORK

President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, right, urged Congress

on Tuesday to work with them on bailing out the U.S. economy. EVAN VUCCI/AP

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