Pelosi strips Covid relief from massive spending bill after Democratic revolt

[AZProgressive]

(CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that nearly $16 billion in Covid-19 relief will be stripped out of a massive spending bill after Democratic leaders faced problems locking down votes amid a last-minute dispute within their party over the issue.

The massive spending bill, which includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine, is the product of months of negotiations, but the sprawling legislative text, which runs 2,741 pages, was released at around 1:30 a.m. ET Wednesday just hours before House leaders planned to try to jam it through the chamber and leaving little time for lawmakers to review the measure.

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Ultimately, facing pushback from both sides, Pelosi announced the Covid relief would be stripped from the government funding package.

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Behind closed doors, Pelosi was angry at Democratic members who revolted over the Covid relief offsets — and the meetings were extremely tense, including with Rep. Mark Pocan, a source familiar with the matter said.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/03/09/politics/house-vote-government-spending-ukraine-aid/index.html

[Budi]

1. Behind closed doors, Pelosi was angry ...

.."a source familiar with the matter said."

JFC. "a source familiar with the matter said, Behind closed doors, Pelosi was angry ..."

C'mon. They just added that for the usual drama spin.
I'd like to hear Speaker Pelosi's version.
I expect it was a rush because of time, to rewrite the bill.

Angry? No.
Rushed to get the details done in time for the vote..more likely.

From my 'sources'
Do better CNN.

[MichMan]

2. How can anyone vote responsibly on a 2700 page bill without having a couple weeks to decipher it?

[Samrob]

3. I believe PJB can get offsets in another way. Wait for it. nt