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THE BIG DEAL--McConnell introduces third coronavirus relief proposal: Senate Republicans have reached a deal among themselves on legislation for the third coronavirus funding package amid growing concerns about a widespread outbreak in the United States.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.) announced the agreement on the Senate floor, noting that Republicans would begin negotiating with Democrats on Friday.

Sixty votes would be needed to pass a coronavirus bill, meaning it will have to be bipartisan.

The nearly 250-page bill includes direct financial help for Americans, relief for small businesses, help for impacted industries like airlines and efforts to bolster the health care system. The Hill's Jordain Carney breaks it down here.

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Democrats think bigger, seek less help for businesses:

House Democrats are also seeking a far bigger plan than what's been proposed by Senate Republicans.

On a Thursday conference call featuring more than 200 members of the House Democratic caucus, lawmakers one by one laid out a sweeping wish list of provisions they want to see included in the nascent package, including:

A boost in infrastructure spending,

An expansion of Social Security benefits,

And funding for states to set up an all-mail voting system in the event the pandemic extends into November's elections.

The Hill's Mike Lillis and Scott Wong read us out on the call here.

LEADING THE DAY

Washington scrambles to prevent massive unemployment spike: The coronavirus is quickly taking a sledgehammer to the historically low unemployment rates that have defined much of President Trump's time in office.

The pandemic's toll on the economy is now a key focus of Washington's response to the growing public health crisis, with Congress and the White House scrambling to provide relief for struggling workers and businesses.

Restaurants and bars have already initiated severe staff cutbacks, with similar actions underway in the travel and entertainment industries, leading to widespread layoffs at companies large and small.

Weekly unemployment insurance claims spiked to 281,000 in the second week of March, up 70,000 from the previous week, according to figures released Thursday by the Labor Department.

And the outlook is only expected to worsen, experts say.

"Today's unemployment claims numbers were just the tip of the iceberg, but it looks like a very sharp tip," said Shai Akabas, director of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

The Hill's Niv Eils explains why here.

Burr sold significant amount of stock a week before market crash started: report:

Sen. Richard Burr Richard Mauze BurrRep. Mark Walker says he's been contacted about Liberty University vacancy Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign's Russia contacts posed 'grave' threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia MORE (R-N.C.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sold a high volume of stocks the week before the stock market began its steep dive due to fears of coronavirus, ProPublica reports.

According to the investigative publication, Burr offloaded between $582,029 and $1.56 million of stock on Feb. 13 in almost 30 different transactions.

At the time, Burr and the intelligence committee were reportedly receiving daily briefings regarding the coronavirus.

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