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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update: 3/26

Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi at her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted March 26, 2020 at 6:19pm

Tonight: We unpack what’s in the massive stimulus bill passed by the Senate late Wednesday to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can expect from the House on Friday. Then, we have a daily roundup of health policy news.

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