Senators question vaccine cuts as measles spreads

Senators are raising their eyebrows at President Obama’s proposed cuts to the federal immunization program while the measles keeps spreading around the country.

At a committee hearing Tuesday on the recent outbreaks of infectious diseases, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., asked top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official Anne Schuchat to explain why the president has asked Congress for $50 million in cuts to a program that provides vaccines to the uninsured or those without adequate health coverage.