Senators Strike Deal to Reallocate $10 Billion in Unspent COVID-19 Funds

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Senate Republicans and Democrats on April 4 struck a deal for $10 billion in additional funding for the United States’ COVID-19 response, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced.

The funding will provide urgent COVID-19 needs and therapeutics by repurposing unspent COVID funds primarily from the Democrats’ American Rescue Plan.