WASHINGTON—The Senate was working to overcome differences on a rescue package totaling at least $1.6 trillion, one day after failing to muster enough votes to take up GOP-written legislation aimed at easing the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) spoke in the middle of the night to find a way around the impasse, which turned on Democratic concerns that the legislation would help businesses more than the public. Democrats want money...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 23, 2020 12:30 UTC