Bipartisan senators propose $500B rescue fund for states

The Hill: A pair of bipartisan senators is proposing that a $500 billion fund for state governments to use in response to the coronavirus outbreak be part of the next stimulus package passed by Congress in the weeks or months ahead.

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a joint press release Sunday that the fund would build on $150 billion already allocated to various states in the package passed by lawmakers and signed by President Trump in late March.

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