Pandemic aid package derailed
CQ Budget, Ep. 238
A $10 billion aid package for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics fell victim to the politics of immigration. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Aidan Quigley examine how a bipartisan compromise came unglued and the prospects for salvaging it. They also assess competing efforts to funnel more aid to restaurants and other pandemic-battered industries.
Show Notes:
- Vote on COVID-19 spending bill indefinitely delayed
- Restaurant, ‘hard-hit’ business aid shelved in Senate, for now
- Odds dimming for quick passage of $10B virus aid package
- Senate reaches deal on $10 billion in COVID-19 spending
- Aviation program offset blows budget hole in Senate’s COVID-19 aid plan
- House passes $55B aid package for restaurants, other businesses
