Zika funding not a done deal, Senate leaders warn

 

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WASHINGTON A bipartisan battalion of political leaders from South Florida, Tallahassee and beyond have converged on Capitol Hill in an all-out blitz for Zika prevention and research funds.

Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Orlando and a half-dozen House of Representatives members from across the Sunshine State appeared at a crowded news conference Tuesday where they pleaded for Congress to approve $1.1 billion in Zika money after a seven-month impasse over partisan politics.

 

The full-court press came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the top Senate Democrat, cast doubt on assertions that a deal had been reached.

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