In this image from video, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
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March 26, 2020 10:04 a.m.
Senate passes $2.2T coronavirus aid plan, House votes Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a mammoth $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented response amid record new jobless claims and mounting evidence that the economy is in a recession.