{"id":52812,"date":"2022-09-27T13:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52812"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:33:30","slug":"emergency-funds-missing-from-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52812","title":{"rendered":"Emergency funds missing from spending bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

A White House request for emergency funding to support coronavirus and monkeypox response efforts is missing from the recent must-pass spending bill.<\/p>\n

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The White House has been pushing for billions in funding to bolster those efforts as part of a short-term funding bill Congress is aiming to pass this week to avert a government shutdown.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, the White House\u00a0asked Congress for more than<\/a>\u00a0$22 billion in funding to address what it described as \u201ccritical\u201d needs to fund COVID-19 response efforts, including dollars to procure more vaccines, offer free community testing, bolster research, and more.<\/p>\n

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But the request has drawn considerable pushback, especially in light of Biden\u2019s recent comments\u00a0declaring the COVID-19 pandemic \u201cover.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf that\u2019s true, I\u2019m glad. And so why does he want tens of billions of dollars for COVID?\u201d Sen.\u00a0Bill Cassidy\u00a0(R-La.) told reporters last week, speculating the comments \u201ccertainly makes it harder\u201d for more coronavirus funding to be secured.<\/p>\n

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The White House asked for $4.5 billion in funding to fight monkeypox, including $1.6 billion to strengthen vaccine manufacturing and hundreds of millions to help support state and local efforts, as well provide testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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