Industries Hit by Coronavirus Vie for U.S. Aid
- Demands far exceed GOP measure valued at more than $1 trillion
- Package offers loans, not bailouts, to airlines, industries
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America’s biggest trade groups are clamoring for $2 trillion in relief measures from Washington to address the economic fallout of the coronavirus -- but their demands exceed by far an already hefty stimulus measure proposed by Republican senators on Thursday night.