House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D–CA) describes her latest plan to combat the pandemic. By Jeffrey MervisScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.By week’s end the Democrat-led U.S.
House of Representatives hopes to approve another massive coronavirus relief package.For U.S. scientists, the good news is that the $3 trillion spending bill (H.R.
6800) unveiled last night contains billions of dollars in new research funding. The bad news is that the bill is only a marker for negotiations with Senate Republicans and the White House on what more the federal government should do to help the country deal with the devastating economic and health effects of the pandemic.Most of the money in the House bill would be used to support