House Is Latest Capitol Hill Stop in Zika Funding Battle

The battle over Zika funding took a new turn as the U.S. House approved $622 million in funding for the crisis late Wednesday, following a floor debate and a 241-184 vote that fell almost entirely along partisan lines. Democratic members of Congress expressed their frustration about the limitations of a Republican-sponsored bill addressing the Zika health crisis, criticizing the bill for providing only a third of the White House’s request and for stopping at the end of the 2016 Federal...

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