Speaker on Wednesday abruptly yanked $15.6 billion in covid pandemic relief from the bill funding the federal government after her own rebelled over how it was being paid for.With refusing to support any new funding for the pandemic, Democrats decided to take the money from existing programs, including $7 billion set aside under last year's $1.9 trillion aid law to help state governments.That brought a wave of fury from many members of Congress - including many Democrats - who objected to paying for the response efforts by cutting state funding. They found out about it when the budget was released at 1:34 am on Wednesday morning.
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