After weeks of pleas from the White House for Congress to approve more money toward COVID-19 programs that were at risk of being cut, Senators have put forward a new bill for $10 billion.
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And it does not include funding for the U.S. global vaccination program, which was supporting vaccine distribution and administration in countries around the world. Samantha Power, Biden's USAID chief, urged Congress to do just that on Monday evening, pointing to more than 30 countries that are off-track to hit their vaccination goals this year. Power said that without funding, the U.S. will"have to turn its back on the countries that need urgent help to boost their vaccination rates."
Democrats in the Senate shared Schumer's disappointment in the omission of global aid from the package, Democratic Whip Duck Durbin said, but he is confident it will still get Democratic support.
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