A $10 billion COVID-19 funding bill worked out by Senate leadership has faced a roadblock in the Senate due to GOP objections over one of its immigration provisions. Senate Republicans and Democrats first struck a deal on April 4 for $10 billion in additional funding for the United States’ COVID-19 response, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced. Despite seeming to have had enough support to pass, the compromise bill was blocked by Senate Republicans in a 47-52 vote on April 5, and GOP lawmakers are demanding votes on amendments to the bill before they will give it their support. One of the most prominent of these amendments is a proposal to reverse President Joe Biden’s Title 42 immigration decision. Following the start of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, President Donald Trump established new pandemic restrictions that allowed border patrol agents to turn illegal immigrants away at the border …
$10 Billion COVID Bill Held up in Senate by GOP Objections
April 7, 2022
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