U.S. Senate fails to advance trillion-dollar rescue package

A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling U.S. economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, who said the Republican proposal failed to sufficiently help millions of Americans devastated by the coronavirus crisis. 

The bill, which proposed up to two trillion U.S. dollars in funding for American families, thousands of shuttered or suffering businesses and the nation's critically underequipped hospitals, failed by a 47-47 vote when it needed 60 to pass.