Stevenson’s army, March 24

While nothing’s final until the last vote is cast, it looks like a big bipartisan stimulus/recovery bill is mostly agreed to and ready for unveiling this morning. The Hill had its article on lobbying for inclusion.

As for what the Fed is doing and what it means, NYT has two good explainers, from Neil Irwin and Ben Casselman.
A Cornell prof says to be skeptical about Chinese health data.
SecState Pompeo had a failed mission to Kabul and now wants to cut Afghan aid.
And just in time for next week’s budget topic,WOTR has good piece on understanding the defense budget.

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