House yanks Covid aid after bumps in drive to pass $1.5T gov funding plan

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House Democrats have yanked plans to vote on President Joe Biden’s $15 billion coronavirus relief package, after multiple members revolted against paying for that aid using their home states’ stockpiles of pandemic cash.

The chamber still plans to vote Wednesday on a sweeping funding measure that includes $14 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine. But the Covid aid presented a major snag Wednesday as the caucus pushed toward approval of a $1.5 trillion government funding package.

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