Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/16

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted March 16, 2020 at 4:56pm

This episode of Coronavirus Special Report rounds up all the policy news of the day including President Donald Trump’s latest remarks, the stimulus package and what the nation’s hospitals and health care workers say they need.

Show Notes:

Road ahead: COVID-19 stimulus still behind FISA on Senate schedule
Airlines seek $58 billion in aid for business lost to pandemic
Supreme Court delays arguments for the first outbreak since Spanish flu
Census delays outreach due to coronavirus concerns

‘Red to Blue’ Democrats rake in more than GOP rivals in third quarter

South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews, here greeting prospective voters in Edisto Island, S.C., in August, outraised Republican Sen. Darline Graham during the third fundraising quarter, new federal filings show.

Senate Democratic candidates in red states dominate third-quarter fundraising

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 8th District, listens to Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, president of Social Security Works PAC — and former signer for the band Sha Na Na — perform during a campaign event in Jessup, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2026.

Capitol Lens — Canvassing the Keystone State

For farmers in agriculture-heavy states, the price of diesel is hitting home in the weeks before the midterm elections.

Diesel dilemma squeezes Republicans in America’s heartland

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and other GOP leaders speak to reporters after a Sept. 1 conference meeting.

‘Scrappy’ conference chair helped shape GOP midterm message

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Wednesday.

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