Administration seeks to zero out CDC, NIH funding in coronavirus relief bill: Sources

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Trump administration is seeking to phase out funding for coronavirus testing and contact tracing, as well as funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health in a forthcoming GOP coronavirus relief package, according to two sources familiar with ongoing negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans.

The Washington Post first reported these negotiations, which according to two officials are not going over well with Republicans.

Senate Republicans are proposing some $25 billion in grants to states for testing and contact tracing, as well as about $10 billion for the CDC and $15 billion for the NIH, the sources said.

A senior White House official told ABC News, "the President is fully committed to a robust aid package that addresses real needs" and said "there have really been no negotiations to date."

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/administration-seeks-zero-cdc-nih-funding-coronavirus-relief-200224203.html

That's a pittance compared to all the other goodies in the last package.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. They want us all dead, it is as simple as that

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2. 17 republican senators and he's gone

Uphill battle, but he sure is trying hard....