Obama Admin Calls for Zika Bill Weeks After Veto Threat

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 Obama Admin Calls for Zika Bill Weeks After Veto Threat
Posted By Bill McMorris On August 3, 2016 @ 6:00 pm In Issues | No Comments

The Obama administration sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to pass emergency funding to fight the Zika virus just weeks after the president threatened to veto a $1.1 billion Zika spending measure passed by the House of Representatives.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell sent a letter to the House and Senate appropriations committees stating that the department runs the risk of exhausting $374 million in funds allocated to the fight against the mosquito-borne virus, which is linked to pregnancy complications and severe birth defects.

“I want to urge you to work with your leadership to develop a bipartisan bill that will allow us to mount the full and timely response to the Zika virus that the American people deserve,” the letter says. “The Department is committed to using scarce federal dollars aggressively and prudently, especially in light of Congress’s inaction.”
 

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When the spigot is opened these mothers are capable of spending faster than anyone in the world. I bet bug repellant is a thousand bucks a can there, allowing for administrative costs and etc.
It is like Brewster's millions, they must spend like hogs with nothing to show for it to get at the big big bucks.
This spending bill would have passed, but republicans got cute and inserted a form of the Hyde amendment, which would restrict these monies from being spent on abortions.