On March 18th, 2020, Trump signed into law a coronavirus relief package, and the Senate approved the new emergency funding. This economic relief bill will provide paid emergency and family leave for U.S. workers impacted by the illness, free testing for COVID-19, expansion of unemployment assistance, and nutrition assistance.

Efforts are underway to enact a third, more considerable relief measure that could total $1 trillion, and this move allowed the upper chamber to devote its attention to passing this next measure.