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A $450 billion bill would include money for hospitals and testing: This is your morning tip sheet. 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Where things stand - Congress and the White House are [nearing a deal](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDQvMTkvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvY29yb25hdmlydXMtc21hbGwtYnVzaW5lc3MtYWlkLWNvbmdyZXNzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyMDA0MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTc3ODUmbmw9b24tcG9saXRpY3Mtd2l0aC1saXNhLWxlcmVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNTU0OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACAEgJ1elYCjyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) on major stopgap legislation that would put $300 billion into a depleted loan program for small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The bill is also set to include money for hospitals and virus testing — a concession to Democrats’ demands that Senate Republicans and the White House had resisted for weeks. President Trump and his Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, have approved the bill’s overall framework, and top Democrats appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows to express optimism about a deal. - But with the virus preventing in-person voting at the Capitol in Washington, the path to passage could be thorny: Congressional leaders will probably do all they can to avoid having to bring back legislators for a vote. That would require unanimous passage of the bill, so any significant disagreements would have to be worked out in the negotiating phase. - As Trump works to evade blame for the virus’s spread, he is receiving plenty of affirmation — and inspiration — from his allies in conservative media and on Twitter. From the beginning of the crisis, pundits on Fox News and talk-radio shows have pushed skepticism of anything virus-related that might seem to hurt the president politically, and as the pandemic spreads, they are flexibly adjusting their arguments and shifting their targets. The young conservative organizer Charlie Kirk has proved a particularly nimble voice, recently tweeting strident criticisms of the World Health Organization, Hunter Biden, voting rights activists and Democrats in general (they “care more about appeasing China than the American people,” [he said](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9jaGFybGlla2lyazExL3N0YXR1cy8xMjUxMTUzNzkxNTMwODMxODc3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTU2JmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuXzIwMjAwNDIwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE3Nzg1Jm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnM9MjAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yNTU0OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKACAEgJ1elYCjyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)). Trump thought this all sounded so nice, he retweeted it twice. And thrice. By the time he was done, he had [retweeted Kirk 11 times in one evening](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP4QvAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDQvMTkvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvY2hhcmxpZS1raXJrLWNvbnNlcnZhdGl2ZXMtY29yb25hdmlydXMuaHRtbD9hY3Rpb249Y2xpY2smY2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTYmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25fMjAyMDA0MjAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTc3ODUmbW9kdWxlPVRvcCtTdG9yaWVzJm5sPW9uLXBvbGl0aWNzLXdpdGgtbGlzYS1sZXJlciZwZ3R5cGU9SG9tZXBhZ2UmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI1NTQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), by our count. 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What Americans think about sending medical aid to states After New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, announced on Sunday that the state’s coronavirus infection rate appeared to be “on a descent,” Trump reveled in this rare dose of cautiously positive news. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMjA4JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDIwMDQyMFcDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMjA5JmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDIwMDQyMFcDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTY0NzIzJmxpPUNOJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1DTl8yMDIwMDQyMFcDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ During his news conference on Sunday night, the president played a two-minute clip of Cuomo at his own daily briefing, and he gave himself a pat on the back for helping New York expand its hospital capacity. But Cuomo has also raised alarms about the lack of a national framework for virus testing, repeatedly calling for more federal assistance to ramp up testing. And he is far from the only governor to have raised similar concerns. Mike DeWine, the Republican governor of Ohio, [said on Sunday](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5iY25ld3MuY29tL21lZXQtdGhlLXByZXNzL3ZpZGVvL2Rld2luZS13ZS1yZWFsbHktbmVlZC1oZWxwLWZyb20tdGhlLWZkYS04MjI2NjE4MTY2MT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDQyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNzc4NSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI1NTQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that the federal government should be doing more to make tests available. But at Sunday’s briefing, Trump pushed back. “They said the same thing with ventilators, and now we have so many that we’re going to be able to send them and help other countries that are in need,” Trump said, dismissing demands for a more robust national testing system. “We’re doing great on testing.” Polling suggests that Americans are not so sure. In a [Fox News poll](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm94bmV3cy5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvZm94LW5ld3MtcG9sbC1hcHJpbC00LTctMjAyMD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDQyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNzc4NSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI1NTQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) released this month, four in five voters nationwide said they were worried about their state running out of medical supplies, with more than half of those people describing themselves as very concerned. 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By a factor of nearly two to one, Americans said in a recent [Kaiser Family Foundation poll](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP0T6aHR0cDovL2ZpbGVzLmtmZi5vcmcvYXR0YWNobWVudC9Ub3BsaW5lLUtGRi1IZWFsdGgtVHJhY2tpbmctUG9sbC1FYXJseS1BcHJpbC0yMDIwLnBkZj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDQyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNzc4NSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI1NTQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that they ultimately considered the handling of the pandemic to be the federal government’s responsibility. Fifty-four percent said in a recent [Pew Research Center poll](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRggAUEP4QdAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlb3BsZS1wcmVzcy5vcmcvMjAyMC8wNC8xNi9tb3N0LWFtZXJpY2Fucy1zYXktdHJ1bXAtd2FzLXRvby1zbG93LWluLWluaXRpYWwtcmVzcG9uc2UtdG8tY29yb25hdmlydXMtdGhyZWF0Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01NiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbl8yMDIwMDQyMCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNzc4NSZubD1vbi1wb2xpdGljcy13aXRoLWxpc2EtbGVyZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI1NTQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIASAnV6VgKPIUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that Trump was not doing a good job of working with state governments. And 55 percent gave him low marks on responding to the needs of hospitals and medical professionals. For Trump, an equally troubling number in that poll has to do with perceptions of his trustworthiness, as he seeks to shift blame for supply shortages away from himself. 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