Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?
FILE - In this March 1933, file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his first radio "fireside chat" in Washington. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this March 1933, file photo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his first radio "fireside chat" in Washington. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo)

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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1936, file photo, President Franklin Roosevelt at the new 21-story medical unit which he dedicated in Jersey City, N.J., assuring the medical profession that the New Deal contemplated no action detrimental to it in carrying out the Social Security Act. At left is Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City and at right is military aide Lt. Col. E.M. Watson. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1936, file photo, President Franklin Roosevelt at the new 21-story medical unit which he dedicated in Jersey City, N.J., assuring the medical profession that the New Deal contemplated no action detrimental to it in carrying out the Social Security Act. At left is Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City and at right is military aide Lt. Col. E.M. Watson. (AP Photo, File)

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FILE - This Aug. 26, 2010, file photo shows the Timberline Lodge in Timberline Lodge, Ore. The Lodge, a National Historic Landmark, was built as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2010, file photo shows the Timberline Lodge in Timberline Lodge, Ore. The Lodge, a National Historic Landmark, was built as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Apr. 25, 2020 08:20 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 9, 1936, file photo Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers build a new farm-to-market road along Knob Creek in Tennessee. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this March 9, 1936, file photo Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers build a new farm-to-market road along Knob Creek in Tennessee. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo, File)

Apr. 25, 2020 08:20 AM EDT
FILE - In this March 26, 1937, file photo, Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers make copper utensils for Pima County Hospital in Texas. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this March 26, 1937, file photo, Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers make copper utensils for Pima County Hospital in Texas. The New Deal was a try-anything moment during the Great Depression that remade the role of the federal government in American life. (AP Photo, File)

Apr. 25, 2020 08:20 AM EDT
FILE - This Aug. 11, 2005, photo taken at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wis., shows a telegram dated, Aug. 12, 1935, from then Labor Secretary Frances Perkins congratulating Arthur Altmeyer with helping craft the Social Security Act that passed and was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt into law on Aug. 14, 1935, top center photo. Edwin Witte, pictured right, and Altmeyer, both University of Wisconsin economists, were instrumental in drafting and shepherding the Social Security Act under FDRs administration. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

FILE - This Aug. 11, 2005, photo taken at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wis., shows a telegram dated, Aug. 12, 1935, from then Labor Secretary Frances Perkins congratulating Arthur Altmeyer with helping craft the Social Security Act that passed and was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt into law on Aug. 14, 1935, top center photo. Edwin Witte, pictured right, and Altmeyer, both University of Wisconsin economists, were instrumental in drafting and shepherding the Social Security Act under FDRs administration. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

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