GOP lawmakers are growing more confident that the Trump admin. is moving to support $25 billion in additional funding for Covid-19 testing and contact tracing in the states plus roughly $26 billion for therapeutics and vaccine development and distribution
Washington Republicans on Capitol Hill are growing more confident that the Trump administration is moving to support $25 billion in additional funding for Covid-19 testing and contact tracing in the states along with roughly $26 billion for therapeutics and vaccine development and distribution as part of the next stimulus package in response to the pandemic.
The White House had initially pushed back against Senate GOP requests to significantly ramp up funding for coronavirus contact tracing and testing, a posture that sparked vocal response from a number of Republican Senators at the start of the week.But now, after days of negotiations, one Republican aide told CNN on Wednesday that they were growing more confident that the White House had realized they would not be able to win a fight about testing.
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