Dems push for $1.9 billion Zika bill

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House Democrats have introduced legislation that would provide $1.9 billion to combat the Zika virus, just as a deal appears to be shaping up that might provide for just over $1 billion.

Democrats were thwarted by the GOP last week when they tried to attach $1.9 billion in emergency Zika funding to a 2017 spending bill.

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