“Lives are at stake,” Pelosi said at the Capitol. “This is deadly serious.”
The latest sign of a flagging recovery comes two days after President Donald Trump cut off talks over a new rescue aid package.
The president appeared to backtrack on his earlier decision to halt talks with Democrats over a new stimulus package.
The comments from the president came just hours after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urged Congress to come through with more aid.
Powell said that government support has so far prevented a recessionary “downward spiral.”
Energy producers and tech companies led the way.
America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring.
U.S. stock futures and Asian shares fell Friday after the president said he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.
The Labor Department’s report suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs.
IRS figures indicate that the average tax filer paid roughly $12,200 in 2017, about 16 times more than what the president paid.
