$10 Billion COVID Bill Held Up in Senate by GOP Objections

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican caucus luncheon in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 16, 2021. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A $10 billion COVID-19 funding bill worked out by Senate leadership has hit a snag in the chamber because of Republican objections over one of its immigration provisions.

Senate Republican and Democrat negotiators struck a deal on April 4 for the additional funding for the United States’ COVID-19 response, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced.