Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Trump wants billions cut from global Covid vaccine distributor
President Donald Trump has sent lawmakers a sweeping package of spending cuts to consider before he leaves office, including billions in funding for a global health and vaccine distribution program involved in the Covid fight, according to the package obtained by POLITICO.
The $27.4 billion in proposed cuts is known as a rescission request — a largely symbolic package of spending claw-backs that the White House presents to Congress. There is no chance that Congress actually acts on the request. But the inclusion of $4 billion in funding for GAVI, a public-private partnership promoting vaccination in low-income countries, will likely fuel more criticism of the president’s approach to global health efforts in general and the Covid pandemic in particular.
GAVI has, among other things, worked to distribute Covid vaccine doses internationally in partnership with government and philanthropic entities. In the rescission request language, the administration argued that the funding for GAVI was coming at the cost of prioritizing vaccination efforts domestically, though Congress can and has budgeted for both.
“The $4 billion in funding designated as an emergency requirement would provide U.S. funds to support international vaccination efforts well in advance of clearly stated U.S. policy to vaccinate at-risk populations within the United States before supporting international vaccination,” the language reads.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/trump-billions-cut-covid-vaccine-distributor-459496
The $27.4 billion in proposed cuts is known as a rescission request — a largely symbolic package of spending claw-backs that the White House presents to Congress. There is no chance that Congress actually acts on the request. But the inclusion of $4 billion in funding for GAVI, a public-private partnership promoting vaccination in low-income countries, will likely fuel more criticism of the president’s approach to global health efforts in general and the Covid pandemic in particular.
GAVI has, among other things, worked to distribute Covid vaccine doses internationally in partnership with government and philanthropic entities. In the rescission request language, the administration argued that the funding for GAVI was coming at the cost of prioritizing vaccination efforts domestically, though Congress can and has budgeted for both.
“The $4 billion in funding designated as an emergency requirement would provide U.S. funds to support international vaccination efforts well in advance of clearly stated U.S. policy to vaccinate at-risk populations within the United States before supporting international vaccination,” the language reads.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/14/trump-billions-cut-covid-vaccine-distributor-459496
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
