The Last Gasp of Covid Fanaticism – Noah Rothman, Commentary Magazine
Lawmakers on Wednesday passed a $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill through the House that included billions of dollars for American priorities; defense spending, servicing debt and entitlements, and even aid for Ukraine as it continues to resist the Russian onslaught. What the chamber couldn t pass, however, was another round of Covid relief. Negotiations over a new round of funding for the pandemic dissolved into familiar partisan politics, as lawmakers argued over banalities such as the logistics of disbursing these funds to their intended targets and ensuring the package wasn t financed by deficit spending alone. The return of such quotidian concerns signals that the urgency of the pandemic is behind us.
thank God.