Zika Funding
On July 14, Congress left on a seven-week break without agreeing on an emergency spending bill to combat the outbreak of Zika, a virus primarily spread by mosquitoes that has been linked to birth defects and other health conditions in parts of Latin America. In February, the Obama Administration sent Congress a request for $1.9 billion in emergency funding to respond to the disease, to be divided among the Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for International Development, and the State Department. The money was to be used for preparedness efforts, mosquito control, vaccine research and development, testing…
