Obama presses Congress on Ebola funding

The Washington Examiner ^ | December 2, 2014 | Brian Hughes

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President Obama on Tuesday urged the lame-duck Congress to approve roughly $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the deadly Ebola virus, saying “we cannot beat” the disease without a greater financial investment from lawmakers.

“The urgency remains. If we are actually going to solve this problem for ourselves, we have to solve it in West Africa as well,” he said after a tour of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

“Let's get it done,” Obama added. “This can't get caught up in normal politics.”

Obama's visit to the National Institutes of Health was meant to promote the completion of phase one clinical trials for a potential Ebola vaccine. But the broader message was aimed at ensuring lawmakers don't leave town without passing the Ebola funding before the end of the year.

Ebola has faded from the limelight in the wake of a pair of Dallas nurses beating the virus. However, Obama was quick to remind the public that future, unknown threats could emerge and that the U.S. could not afford to be unprepared for such developments.

“This is important now, but it's also important for our future,” Obama said of the $6 billion funding request.

The Ebola funding is one of the few areas where there appears to be bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill. Even Obama's most vocal GOP critics have called for emergency spending to combat Ebola in West Africa.

The remaining question is how much lawmakers are willing to spend. Some have balked at roughly $1.5 billion in contingency funds, for example.

However, Obama insisted Tuesday that such money could be used for development of an Ebola vaccine, which he argued would save potentially billions of dollars.

“No potential Ebola vaccine has ever made it this far,” he said. “This is exciting news.”

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PING!

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Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Congress needs to tell the Kenyan that Ebola is not the problem of the American taxpayers. Besides, the Kenyan and his ‘RAT comrades themselves said Americans can’t catch Ebola. Didn’t they?

[Organic Panic]

Everything needs a government solution.

Just like the VA all this funding will accomplish is to hire more affirmative action unemployable bureaucrats without a single penny going where it is suppose to go.

[molson209]

Does Obama ever do anything for American Citizens ? Well besides Ignore them and steal their money

[FrankR]

"Let's get it done,” Obama added. “This can't get caught up in normal politics.” "

sounds like a dictatorial order to me.

[The Duke]

ONE_TRICK_PONY_PING!

[MeshugeMikey]

If we are actually going to solve this problem for ourselves, we have to solve it in West Africa as well,

NO WE...DONT!

[indthkr]

More money for the propeller-head academics at the CDC?

I think that will require a couple of public hearings in front of congress after the job we saw them do back in September - you know, the screw-ups that Obola blamed on Chuck Hagel.

[txnativegop]

This can't get caught up in normal politics . . . You mean the president won't use the politics of hatred? pardon me if I remain skeptical.

[Will88]

When Obama went on one of his earlier trips to Africa, he and the entourage were surprised at all the gratitude expressed for what George W. had done to help fight aids in Africa.

I think the grandiose plans to upgrade all health care in the ebola stricken west African nations is just one of Obama’s legacy building schemes. No reason the US should fund the building of a new health care infrastructure in any nation.

[Zathras]

6 Billion?
Whats he going to do, BUY Africa.

[CivilWarBrewing]

WTF? 6 b-b-B-B-BILLION???? What the F is he doing with all this money?

[dartuser]

TARP is over ... he needs a new slush fund.

[Califreak]

Funding terrorism here and abroad?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Are there any motives in politics that are PURE??? Any whatsoever???

(Hey, that question practically answers itself!)

[DoughtyOne]

19 Trillion, hang in there, we’ll be along in a little while...

[null and void]

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[null and void]

Does Obama ever do anything for American Citizens ? Well besides Ignore them and steal their money

EVERYTHING obama does either:

a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.

I have yet to have anyone raise a single substantive counter example in several years of posting this.