Critics say Trump, Congress fumbling economic response to COVID-19

Ten weeks after President Trump signed the first coronavirus relief bill into law, many economists, business groups, lawmakers and labor advocates contend the multi-trillion-dollar response has been insufficient, misguided or both.

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