"Top Senate Republican: Zika Funding To Get Floor Vote"

"WASHINGTON - A bipartisan measure to partially fund President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus will soon get a vote, a senior Senate Republican said on Thursday.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said the proposal, still a work in progress, is likely to be attached to an unnamed spending bill on a Senate floor vote.

'This proposal will provide new resources to supplement other funding,' Cochran said. 'It's my expectation that this proposal will be offered to an appropriations measure on the Senate floor in the near future.'

Both Republicans and Democrats on the powerful committee said significant progress has been made toward a compromise to fund research on a vaccine against Zika and efforts to battle its spread."

Andrew Taylor reports for the Associated Press April 21, 2016.

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