House passes emergency coronavirus package to boost testing and help sick and idled workers

Published March 14, 2020 4:57am ET



The House voted just before 1 a.m. Saturday to pass an emergency coronavirus response bill to increase testing and aid people kept from work, a measure meant for quick signing by President Trump next week as the government tries to arrest the pandemic.

The final vote was 363 to 40, with one member voting “present.”

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