After months of negotiations, Republicans and Democrats finally came to an agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill Monday night, but the bill includes much more than just relief for Americans.
According to the legislation, an “Economic Support Fund” totaling $700,000,000 will be allocated for assistance for Sudan. Several other aspects of foreign assistance detailed in the bill showed $135 million going to Burma, $85 million to Cambodia, $1.4 billion for the “Asia Reassurance Initiative Act,” $130 million to Nepal, $1.3 million to Egypt, $453 million to Ukraine, $25 million to Pakistan and $500 million to Israel.
The more than 5,000-page spending bill was so large it had to be pushed around on a cart.
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“This isn’t governance. It’s hostage-taking.”
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., was quick to blast the short timeframe, arguing lawmakers “have not read this bill.”
“It’s over 5000 pages, arrived at 2pm today, and we are told to expect a vote on it in 2 hours,” she tweeted. “This isn’t governance. It’s hostage-taking.”…
“Members are reeling right now because they don’t have time to consult with their communities,” she added.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to Twitter to say that Ocasio-Cortez “is right.”
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The Daily Mail reports that half the states in the country are giving COVID vaccines on the basis of minority status after first responders get it first. Black and brown communities suffer greater numbers of COVID infections, but the disease affects people by age more than by minority status. Just ask Washington Governor Jay Inslee and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who found out the hard way that elderly people in nursing homes are the most vulnerable. Indeed some states will prioritize nursing home residents, but minorities of all ages are next in line.
Public health officials will have to answer for why young Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Senator Marco Rubio got vaccines before a more vulnerable person, regardless of color. These members of Congress are young and are less vulnerable to COVID, so why are they getting the vaccine in the first wave?