In a move that Nancy Pelosi described as “heartbreaking,” $15 billion in COVID aid is being stripped from the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill.
Pelosi announced in a letter on March 9 that she would remove funding that would “protect against potential new variants and help vaccinate the world.”
Of course Pelosi blamed Republicans for resisting 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.”
“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 to meet the needs of America’s families.”
“It is heartbreaking to remove the COVID funding,” Pelosi continued. “We must continue to fight for urgently needed COVID assistance, but unfortunately that will not be included in this bill.”
The real heartbreaker in this story is Pelosi and other liberals’ inability to take responsibility for ANYTHING.
NEW Pelosi letter says COVID funding will not be in omnibus: "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." pic.twitter.com/114LgLaAH8
— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) March 9, 2022
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