Posted on 02/26/2020 10:39:28 AM PST by datura
House Democrats argued against diverting funding for the new coronavirus from preparing for the Ebola virus as they said that the $2.5 billion the White House wants for combating the new virus isnt adequate.
The White House submitted an emergency request to Congress on Feb. 24, asking for $2.5 billion to combat the new coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. The money was meant to help research vaccines, boost the surveillance network, and other efforts, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar told a congressional committee in Washington on Wednesday.
Part of the proposal featured moving $535 million from the Ebola preparedness account.
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The house and senate should approve the White House request today.
THe Ebola funds are already at the executive, so it could quickly be used for something important.
Then, if they want, they can pass a long-term bill with the extra billions they want, and that bill could include restoring the funding to Ebola.
THe democrats threaten our response by refusing to fund what was requested, and pretending that they want to do “more’ without doing the minimum first.
“....Please go to the source link and look at the freak who is in charge of this Rat committee!!!...”
Holy Crap! Whadda frickin’ freak....no wonder the country is in trouble. For anyone heading over to the source link to check out the “freak”, beware, you’ll need eyewash, lots and lots of eyewash....geez....I’ll probably have nightwares over that pic.
Ebola is the pretext, with the money actually spent so as to benefit Democratic programs and constituencies that are broadly in the public health field. Characteristically, the eventual beneficiaries are not identified in the legislation but are hidden in undisclosed legislative paperwork or determined later. The constitutionality of such practices is suspect but Administrations have always avoided a legally decisive confrontation.
who’s nephews an nieces are getting that $35M?
You can bet that this is a scam that Democrats are getting Ukrainian Burisma style payoffs from..
No more calls, folks. We have a winner.
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Can these idiots show their @sses any more than this?
(Yes, they can.)
Ebola is awful, but there is NO threat to the US currently. Anything to hammer the Orange Bad Man.
DUmocrats are actively using the virus to tank the economy to affect the outcome of an election.
This money is probably filtered into politicians accounts.
Bingo! We have a winner.
IOW: $535 Million? What $535 Million? Oh, that $535 Million? Oops. I mean, it’s all been spent. We’ve eradicated Ebola from the planet. Just when the last nickel was spent.
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