The White House and a key group of Senate GOP negotiators reached an agreement Wednesday for new funds for coronavirus testing.
The next proposal, the text of which will be released Thursday, will provide $ 16 billion in new funding for coronavirus testing, Senator. Roy Blunt
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In addition to the new funds, another $ 9 billion from the $ 2.2 trillion CARES Act in March will be designated for testing.
“We will have $ 16 billion on one line tomorrow, and $ 9 billion that was not as clearly designated before that they already had will now be clearly designated as evidence, so the total money for testing will be $ 25 billion,” Blunt told reporters.
The announcement came after Blunt, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Richard Shelby
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Senate Republicans initially wanted $ 25 billion in new test funding, prompting rejection from the White House. When asked earlier this week about new evidence of money, Meadows seemed dismissive.
“How would they even know what test funding is?” He said Monday on the way to a meeting with the same group of negotiators.
Senate Republicans see more money for testing as a priority at a time when coronavirus cases across the country are on the rise. The United States is approaching 4 million confirmed cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, which estimated the number of cases at 3,941,741 on Wednesday night.
Senator Mitt romney
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“I feel like it has taken us a long, long, long time to get to a point where we have rapid tests, which we do not yet have; extensive tests, which we do not have; personal protective equipment that is still in short supply in certain locations,” said.
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