Senate Deal Reached on Reduced Zika Funding

The U.S. Senate is set to vote on a bill to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus. The deal fell short of the $1.9 billion requested by the Obama administration. The administration requested emergency funding to battle Zika in February, but Republicans controlling Congress have been slow to react, and that prompted the administration last month to tap more than $500 million worth of unspent Ebola funding to battle Zika. Senators are scheduled to vote...

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