WASHINGTON—Lawmakers of both parties expressed skepticism about a payroll-tax cut to bolster the economy, as President Trump and his top advisers met with Republicans in a bid to reach an agreement on a set of measures to ease the economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus outbreak. Mr. Trump, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, trade adviser Peter Navarro and Larry Kudlow, the director of the White House National Economic Council, joined Senate Republicans for their weekly policy lunch Tuesday afternoon to gauge whether there...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 10, 2020 14:55 UTC