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The package would enable the federal government to purchase more therapeutics, tests, vaccines and other supplies, but would not allow for international aid, according to the Washington Post. Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney, Utah, Richard Burr, N.C. and Roy Blunt, Mo., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., were working with Democrats after the pandemic funding was pulled from the 2022 budget bill. Lead negotiators on the Democratic side were Sens. Chris Coons, Del., Chuck Schumer, N.Y., and Patty Murray, Wash. The new deal could clear the upper chamber as soon as this week. President Biden had originally asked Congress for another $22.5 billion in funding to fight Covid-19, warning that the government would soon run out of its stockpile of therapeutics... @Karlibonne @Deanomight1 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10685245/Lawmakers-reach-DEAL-extra-10billion-extra-funding-COVID-response.html