House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that coronavirus funding would be dealt with in a separate bill that she hoped to put on the floor later Wednesday.
Wednesday after Democrats revolted against the funding mechanism.
After hours of talks, Pelosi relented to lawmakers who were refusing to let the measure move forward unless the earlier funds their states were supposed to receive were protected. Initially, the White House requested that $22.5 billion be included in the spending agreement for COVID-19 vaccines, testing and treatment — far more than was outlaid in the compromise unveiled early Wednesday.
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