As the coronavirus pandemic continues, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to bail out the U.S. economy.

The White House and Senate reached a deal this week on an estimated $2 trillion stimulus package. For comparison’s sake, the two stimulus packages passed into law during the Great Recession cost half as much, totaling roughly $983 billion.

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