Senate Agrees on $10 Billion Covid Bill Without Global Aid
- Democrats drop attempt to pay for worldwide vaccine effort
- New pandemic package paid for with unspent stimulus funds
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Senate Democrats and Republicans have struck a deal to provide $10 billion for coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics after Democrats dropped a last-minute attempt to include global vaccination funds in the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, who had been leading negotiations on the package, announced the agreement Monday. It meets GOP demands that any new Covid-19 funds be paid for with unspent funds from earlier pandemic relief packages.