The 359-to-57 vote sends the legislation to the Senate, which could take it up later this week and send it to President Trump. White House officials say they don’t want a shutdown, and Trump is expected to sign the bill.
The move comes after the White House coronavirus task force directed the agency last month to make changes that limited testing, sparking an outcry among medical and public health experts.
A dispute over bailout money for farmers complicated talks on a stopgap bill to extend funding until Dec. 11.
‘We need to get resources to states now,' warns CDC Director Robert Redfield.
Pelosi's comments come amid mounting pressure for new action after talks on coronavirus relief stalled last month.
“We’re not going to bring it up until we have the votes to confirm her,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday.
Michael Caputo, the top HHS spokesman, said in an interview Saturday he and one of his advisers have been seeking greater scrutiny of the CDC’s weekly scientific dispatches, known as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, for the past three and a half months.
Democrats and one Republican voted to block coronavirus relief bill; prospects dim for restarting bipartisan talks on additional stimulus.
The short-term agreement would extend government spending at current levels past Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
Treasury secretary commits to calling Speaker Pelosi to try to restart stalled talks, with millions still unemployed.
Mark Meadows’s comments come as coronavirus relief talks on Capitol Hill remain stalled.
“Trump on Trial” lays out the backstory and aftermath of the impeachment of Trump, only the third president to face a trial in the Senate.
The discussions with states offer some of the first details of the federal government’s plans at a time when information shared by the administration has been limited and often confusing.
Some 20 million workers are losing $600 in weekly unemployment benefits today, and the White House and Democrats in Congress are blaming each other.
A conversation between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin led to another round of finger-pointing over negotiations on coronavirus aid.
