Feeble Biden CRACKS Under Republican Pressure On Covid Relief Funding

President Joe Biden is pressuring Congress to push through the aid package to Ukraine, pushing the Covid relief funding bill to the back burner after decoupling the bills earlier this week. Now, federal Covid relief is a long shot with Republicans refusing to support the bill after the Biden administration rescinded the Title 42 immigration policy. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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"President Joe Biden is urging Congress to quickly pass Ukraine aid in a move that would prioritize assistance for Kyiv over new Covid relief funding for the U.S.

"I call on Congress to pass the Ukrainian Supplemental funding bill immediately, and get it to my desk in the next few days," Biden said in a statement Monday.

Biden and Democratic leaders had hoped to move a coronavirus aid package alongside the Ukraine aid, using the Ukrainian assistance as leverage to secure additional Covid funding, but Republicans balked, saying they would not approve new money to fight the pandemic without a vote on Biden’s decision to end a Trump-era border policy known as Title 42.

That left Biden and Democratic leaders little choice but to separate the two packages.

“Previously, I had recommended that Congress take overdue action on much needed funding for COVID treatments, vaccines and tests, as part of the Ukraine Supplemental bill. However, I have been informed by Congressional leaders in both parties that such an addition would slow down action on the urgently needed Ukrainian aid — a view expressed strongly by several Congressional Republicans,” Biden said in his statement."

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