Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing, and CDC in upcoming coronaviru

[RandySF]

The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill, people involved in the talks said Saturday.

The administration is also trying to block billions of dollars that GOP senators want to allocate for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and billions more for the Pentagon and State Department to address the pandemic at home and abroad, the people said.

The administration’s posture has angered some GOP senators, the officials said, and some lawmakers are trying to push back and ensure that the money stays in the bill. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal confidential deliberations, cautioned that the talks were fluid and the numbers were in flux.

The negotiations center around a bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is preparing to unveil this coming week as part of negotiations with Democrats on what will likely be the last major coronavirus relief bill before the November election.




https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/18/white-house-testing-budget-cdc-coronavirus/

[unas3]

1. Ignorant sociopaths!

This administration is hallmarked by a selfish, self-serving, narcissistic, ignorant species of sub-human.

[Freethinker65]

2. More money for tax write offs for businesses that frequent the restaurant and hospitality industry?

Payroll tax cuts to choke the future of social security? More secret forgivable loans from the SBA to non-small businesses or those with powerful connections? Cuts to women's and community health centers? More loans for border control goon squads? Loans for faith based mega churches and private schools?

[underpants]

3. How the...what the..

How could they possibly think this is a good idea from the campaign perspective?

I think they are dealing with a mad king roaming the place and everything is done to appease him.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Obviously trump and a fraction of the gop thugs wants Americans to die...

I hope all remember this crime against the American people. By what logic don't they want these things? Don't they want the CV to go away too? If you want the business engine of America to hum again, perhaps doing away w/ the CV and its killing of everyday Americans would help a little bit, eh?