Tag: Zika funding

Obama rejects Zika funding approved during Democrats’ sit-in

Susan Jaffe | Washington Correspondent for The Lancet | 27th June 2016

Four months after President Barack Obama requested $1.9 billion to respond to the Zikathe-lancet-usa-blog-logo1 virus, the U.S House of Representatives approved $1.1 billion last week. Just days later, the Senate rejected legislation on June 28 that would have provided the same amount. That’s not the only obstacle blocking funding. [Continued here]