{"id":1134088,"date":"2021-12-20T13:04:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134088"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:04:55","slug":"omicron-chaos-democrats-warn-biden-may-need-a-second-coronavirus-stimulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-chaos-democrats-warn-biden-may-need-a-second-coronavirus-stimulus\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Chaos: Democrats Warn Biden May Need a Second Coronavirus Stimulus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fomicron-chaos-democrats-warn-biden-may-need-a-second-coronavirus-stimulus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134088&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Omicron-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat lawmakers have warned another round of federal coronavirus stimulus aid may be necessary in the wake of the emergence of the omicron variant of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Biden\u2019s 2020 promise he would shut down the virus before announcing in July the United States was closer to \u201cdeclaring our independence from a deadly virus,\u201d the appearance of the omicron variant has caused Democrats to wonder if additional coronavirus aid is necessary.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe omicron variant is already affecting restaurants,\u201d Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2021\/12\/19\/congress-covid-omicron-stimulus-aid\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cEven a small decrease in business can cause independent restaurants to close their doors. We saw this starkly at the beginning of covid last spring \u2026 I think omicron certainly complicates that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) noted New York State is struggling with coronavirus so greatly that he will introduce a new package of aid even as inflation has reached a 40-year high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to push to get another package through Congress,\u201d Bowman said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) told the <em>Post<\/em> more coronavirus aid would not be necessary if they passed President Biden\u2019s massive tax and spend agenda. Sen. Joe Manchin tanked Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion Build Back Better package Sunday when he announced he would not vote for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the big thing covid exposed is all of these gaps in our health-care system, in our child-care system, in our paid-leave system, and that\u2019s what [Build Back Better] was about \u2026 so we don\u2019t have these big gaps when these issues hit,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>Another round of coronavirus aid is not the only worrisome situation facing the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning about the Johnson and Johnson vaccine over blood clots. \u201cTTS [Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome]&nbsp;is a serious, but rare, adverse event that causes blood clots with low platelets,\u201d the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/adverse-events.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fvaccines%2Fsafety%2FJJUpdate.html\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further health care-related complications arise as the supply chain crisis continues. On Monday, the&nbsp;Health Industry Distributors\u2019 Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hida.org\/distribution\/advocacy\/COVID19\/Infographic\/Transportation_Delays_Are_A_Healthcare_Issue.aspx?utm_source=Informz&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=Press+Release\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;up to 12,000 shipping containers full of medical supplies are delayed due to President Biden\u2019s supply chain crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPer their projections, medical supplies arriving at a U.S. port on Christmas Day won\u2019t be delivered to hospitals and other care settings until February 2022,\u201d Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/supply-chain-crisis-medical-supplies-covid-69287c7a-3c11-4401-9ee3-3478c3a9ab90.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThat&nbsp;could delay critical supplies&nbsp;at a time when health care is already expected to most need them due to surges from Delta and Omicron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat lawmakers have warned another round of federal coronavirus stimulus aid may be necessary in the wake of the emergence of the omicron variant of the virus. 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