More than 150 big-name CEOs are backing Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan

The Biden administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which has proven increasingly popular among voters of all stripes, if not with Republican lawmakers, just received a major boost from business leaders with serious clout.

According to CNN, more than 150 leaders of major US corporations signed an open letter urging Congress to pass a relief bill “along the lines” of what the White House has proposed—another sign that executives see the value, to the country and to their companies’ long-term survival, in steering political decisions that broadly support the...