House to vote on Zika funding

  • 8 years ago
House GOP leaders will hold a vote early Thursday morning on a spending bill that includes $1.1 billion in Zika funding over the fierce opposition of Democratic leaders The House approved a funding deal that had been agreed to on Wednesday by Republicans from both the House and Senate. House Democrats said they could not go along with the deal because of $750 million in budget cuts elsewhere would be done to pay for Zika spendings Ryan urged the Senate to move on the bill, and vote on it on Thursday morning

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