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Donning masks and voting in small groups to avoid close contact, most members of Colorado's congressional delegation voted Thursday to approve a nearly half-trillion-dollar bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn.
The bill was approved in the U.S. House by a vote of 388-5, with one "present" vote. Within the Colorado delegation, all four Democrats voted in favor, along with two Republicans. Rep. Ken Buck was the lone Coloradan to vote nay on the bill.
FIRST IN PULSE: DEMS SEEK ANSWERS OVER WHO FUNDING HALT— Top House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats are demanding details on Trump's announcement he will suspend funding to the World Health Organization, arguing there is "no justification" for the move.
"It is also a blatant attempt to scapegoat WHO for the Trump Administration's own failures in its response to the global pandemic," Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone and subcommittee chairs Anna Eshoo and Diana DeGette wrote in a letter to OMB Acting Director Russell Vought.
Six weeks after the president and other senior officials promised that any American would soon be able to get a test for coronavirus, testing continues to lag, prompting an escalating call from leading medical centers, lawmakers and others for the administration to put in place a coordinated national strategy.
Lawmakers are searching for every possible avenue to combat the coronavirus pandemic, and some House Democrats, including Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), are demanding the Trump administration lift restrictions on the use of human fetal tissue, mostly resulting from abortions, to help researchers develop medicines for COVID-19.