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Democrats’ Updated Pandemic Relief Bill Excludes Billions For Defense Industry

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

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Democrats’ Updated Pandemic Relief Bill Excludes Billions For Defense Industry

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Democrats on Monday evening released an updated version of their proposed pandemic relief package that includes $2.5 billion for defense but no allotted funds to cover defense industry’s COVID-related costs. Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official, has previously urged lawmakers to appropriate reimbursement funds for industry in the next relief bill, estimating the costs to be between $10 billion to $20 billion. “Democrats are making good on our promise to compromise with this updated bill, which is necessary to…

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