- Congressional Democrats will pursue additional pandemic response funding and Ukrainian aid separately after President Joe Biden said pairing the two measures in one package would delay the “urgently needed” funding to Ukraine. The president also encouraged lawmakers to “move promptly” on the pandemic aid bill. Meanwhile, a senior Biden administration official said that without more pandemic relief from Congress, the federal government will have to limit new COVID-19 vaccines to the highest-risk people this fall. (Articles here, here, here, here, and here)
May 10, 2022
D.C. News