Biden tells lawmakers to authorize billions in COVID spending
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President Joe Biden today told lawmakers in a speech that authorizing an additional $15.6B in COVID-19 spending is needed to continue the fight against the disease.
The provision to provide the COVID funding was stripped from the $1.5T federal government spending bill Biden signed into law earlier in March.

Republicans are not in favor of any additional COVID spending, though Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mitt Romney are working on a compromise deal, The Hill reported.
Biden also used his remarks to announce the launch of COVID.gov, a "one-stop shop" for Americans to find out where they can get masks, COVID vaccines, tests, and treatments.
The president also received his second COVID booster shot Wednesday. The FDA authorized a second booster of the Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)/BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) vaccines on Tuesday for adults 50 and older.