House Dems have pulled Covid relief from the $1.5 trillion government funding package, after multiple members revolted against using their home states' pandemic cash to pay for the aid.
, streamed through Pelosi’s office on Wednesday afternoon as the caucus scrambled for a solution.
The package was finalized too late to guarantee Congress can clear it before federal funding runs out at midnight on Friday. So leaders have prepared a four-day spending patch to move the deadline to Tuesday. While that temporary funding bill could also face Senate snags that risk a government shutdown, the stopgap is expected to be easier to pass in short order.
On top of the hefty budget increases, the package is set to deliver nearly $14 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine, including $3 billion for U.S. forces and $3.5 billion for military equipment to Ukraine, plus more $4 billion for U.S. humanitarian efforts. To make it somewhat easier to drum up support for passage in the House, Democratic leaders are triggering two separate votes. One vote will be on the defense portion and intelligence authorities, plus funding for homeland security, commerce programs and the Justice Department. The other vote will be on the rest of the package’s non-defense spending, as well as Ukraine aid.
The threat to those funds for state and local governments is the source of Democratic gripes that held up the bill earlier Wednesday.
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