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White House, leaders in Congress aim for new stimulus amid worry recent $2 trillion law wasn’t enough

Congressional leaders and the White House are converging on the need for a new assistance package to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic's economic devastation, fearful that a $2 trillion bailout law enacted last month will have a limited effect.

In this Feb. 6, 2020, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump and Pelosi have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century.
In this Feb. 6, 2020, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump and Pelosi have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century.Read moreJ. Scott Applewhite / AP
    by Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis, Washington Post
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