COVID relief funding removed from $1.5T spending bill after Democrats balk

Pelosi removes COVID relief funding from $1.5T spending bill after Democrats balk
House Democrats unveiled the massive spending bill hours before the planned vote ahead of their issues retreat in Philadelphia
By Nicholas Ballasy
Updated: March 9, 2022 - 3:37pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday removed $15 billion in COVID-19 relief funding from a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown Friday after fellow Democrat members objected to a provision that would offset the new stimulus money with unused relief funds from the previously passed American Rescue Plan Act.

"The administration has requested that we include in our omnibus package additional funding to continue our battle against COVID," Pelosi wrote in a letter to her colleagues. "The funding requested will protect against potential new variants and help vaccinate the world, Republicans resisted this deeply needed funding, demanding that every cent requested by the administration be offset, including through state and local funds scheduled to be released this spring."

Pelosi said in a letter earlier in the day that the spending bill would include $8 billion of unused stimulus funds from Rescue act programs that have expired.

The California Democrat said the unused funds would have been applied toward the $15 billion of stimulus funding in the large spending package.

"Democrats fought to ensure that no localities saw their funding cuts, while negotiating that only half of the administration’s $15 billion request be offset through remaining funds from expired programs," Pelosi said.

"Because of Republican insistence – and the resistance by a number of our members to making those offsets – we will go back to the Rules Committee to remove COVID funding and accommodate the revised bill," Pelosi wrote. "We must proceed with the omnibus today, which includes emergency funding for Ukraine and urgent funding to meet the needs of America’s families."

The House, must pass the omnibus spending bill, which before Pelosi's announcement cost $1.5 trillion, then send it to the Senate before midnight Friday to avoid the shutdown of some federal agencies. House Democrats are also prepared to pass a stop-gap bill to keep the federal government fully operational should the so-called omnibus totally fail.

Pelosi continued, writing, "It is heartbreaking to remove the COVID funding, and we must continue to fight for urgently needed COVID assistance, but unfortunately that will not be included in this bill."

A miracle has happened globally, one virus has canceled out two other sicknesses.

This is unheard of.

Has this ever happened before???

Covid has canceled out colds and flu for the pass three years.

It's a miracle!!!

The Wise And Powerful wrote:

That's about the size of it t

Never been tested, never been jabbed, never got the coof.

oliver clotheshoffe wrote:

Never been tested, never been jabbed, never got the coof.

Ditto

Seems Temple is the only one here that's been vaccinated and trying to push it on the rest of us
.. What's he doing now, *accusing* you guys of being vaccinated? .. SMH .. Can't even get a bearing on that kinda stoopid

Temple wrote:

Still believe you've been vaccinated because you couldn't possibly
be stupid and reckless to yourself and others.
But being homebound does offer you a lil bit of protection.

You Believe whatever you're told to believe by the media
You clearly believe that anyone/everyone who hasn't been vaccinated must therefore be homebound and have no life
...You believe to be all knowing for the fact that you watch CNN, MSNBC, and C&P propaganda from the left wing rags .
...You can believe WTF ever you please, but it's a long stretch from actually knowing a damn thing

Temple wrote:

Delete your gigantic URL to bring the
message box back to its correct size.

Everything looks fine on my end .. You sure i didn't write a really long sentence.. From LA to NY?

Everyone in my office got the vax except me.

Everyone in my office got the coof afterwards except me.

Funny coincidence huh?

oliver clotheshoffe wrote:

Everyone in my office got the vax except me.
Everyone in my office got the coof afterwards except me.
Funny coincidence huh?

So- you are a freeloader-- living in hopes that the
vaccinated people will save you..
that won't work- vaccinated can carry and
spread the virus by not
knowing they are infected because the vacanation
keeps then from suffering covid--
they might have sniffles are a bit of
sore throat or sleepy--all very
mild symptoms of covid when in your face-
They are safe you are not-
good luck.
And- what frightens you to not protect yourself?

Now here's Temple as Mr Scientist ..when in fact he doesn't know jack shit and won't/can't accept he's been misinformed and outright lied to
... What happened to Colin Powell? ..Fully vaccinated..dead of covid ..how many others? .. His isn't an isolated incident ..he was just a public figure
.. The vax is experimental ..they haven't had the time to thoroughly test it .. They rolled it out and lied to the public about it ...people still contracting and transmitting covid after the vax ..oh, you need a booster...then another...then another...Now still, the same fucking story ..people still contracting and spreading the virus ..but blame it on those that don't want the vax ..Claim that masks don't work but mandate them anyway ..put'em on the kids ..mandate the vax...mandate the tests ..fire doctors, nurses, cops, teachers, etc.. everyone people might need..close down businesses, schools, concerts ..family gadam picnics forfuksake ...quarantine the fukkers...cancel anyone who doesn't parrot the narrative ..

....So here we are ...same shit different day ..2 years of bumbling bullshit and still don't have a vaccine that prevents the spread of covid ...Who to blame? ..Blame the unvaccinated ..even tho the vax doesn't prevent the spread of covid, those fukkers wouldn't do what they were told and just take the shot(s) .. Putting everyone at risk...haha ...

...Vitriol wrote a post a few weeks ago kinda comparing what happened with the overuse of anti biotics to what *could* happen with these multiple boosters ...was a damn good point ..I'm not gonna look for it or try to explain ..but think about what the overuse of antibiotics has done.. Like he said, only time will tell

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