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The House coronavirus bill is an inadequate solution to a complex problem

By Kaylee McGhee White
Published March 16, 2020 6:01pm ET
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The House coronavirus bill is an inadequate solution to a complex problem
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined at left by Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., arrives for a classified briefing for House members by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about U.S. sanctions on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House passed sweeping legislation this weekend to respond to the spread of the coronavirus. This bill is necessary: It provides much-needed funding and aid and helps outline how the federal government will continue to respond to this crisis. But it could have been better.

Let’s start with what the 110-page bill, hammered out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, includes:

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