Congress is about to vote on a major spending bill.
The bill includes emergency funding for Ukraine and much-needed help for working families here in America.
It was also *supposed* to include $5 billion in funding to continue fighting COVID-19 around the world — which of course is both the right thing to do from a humanitarian viewpoint but also the only way to keep ourselves safe from emerging variants.
But — because of partisan Republican obstructionism — that COVID funding has just been removed from the bill.
And Congress is expected to vote on the bill — without that essential COVID funding — in the next few days.
Tell Congress:
Doing our part to help control the coronavirus globally is essential — not just for the obvious humanitarian reasons but also, selfishly, to protect Americans from emerging variants. Restore the $5 billion in global COVID funds before you vote on the omnibus spending bill.
Add your name now.
Thank you for taking action.
For progress,
- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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