Congressional leaders this week are rushing to tackle one crisis after another, poised to again leave town without new funds for the most deadly among them.
A $10 billion Covid-19 emergency funding package will likely remained stalled until at least mid-June, aides and lawmakers said this week. Replenishing federal coffers to buy more Covid vaccines and antivirals will have to wait. The measure has gotten caught up in a separate partisan battle over immigration.
With continuing war in Ukraine and lingering US baby formula shortages, Democrats also say getting more Covid funding simply isn’t the most pressing issue.
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