Tag: Spending

A Senate appropriations subcommittee is expected to vote on the proposal that includes Obamacare funding on Tuesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Obamacare funding included in Senate spending bill

Robert King · June 6, 2016 8:57 pm

Obama has requested $1.9 billion in funding to help public health professionals across the country prepare for and fight the Zika virus. (Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg, File)

White House: GOP’s Zika plan is to ‘deny … there is a problem’

Susan Crabtree · June 1, 2016 7:00 pm

House Speaker's office says Democrats are politicizing a public health crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: There is no Zika funding shortage

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 31, 2016 6:15 pm

Some lawmakers say they allocated too much money to fight Ebola in 2014. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Ebola regrets fuel Zika funding fight

Robert King · May 29, 2016 4:01 am

A top GOP aide told the Washington Examiner that Republicans plan to move swiftly on Zika funding legislation when they return from the Memorial Day recess. (AP Photo)

GOP sets mid-June goal for Zika bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 27, 2016 4:01 am

"We have a narrow window of opportunity for effective mosquito prevention measures," Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg, File)

CDC’s Frieden urges Zika funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 26, 2016 7:07 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, along with a group of Republicans quietly issued a legislative plan this week to stop agencies such as the EPA from raising what they call the "hidden tax" of increased regulation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Republicans announce plan to rein in government

John Siciliano · May 26, 2016 6:44 pm

On Thursday, a group of Senate and House Democrats called on Republicans to cancel their upcoming Memorial Day recess because of the need to finish up Zika funding and other priorities. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congress heads to conference on Zika funds

Robert King · May 26, 2016 5:22 pm

Energy and Environment

GOP kills energy funding bill over LGBT measure

Kyle Feldscher · May 26, 2016 3:19 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander said he is talking with Democrats about funding for the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Cures bill may come to Senate floor next month

Robert King · May 25, 2016 9:26 pm

"Why are we nickel and diming a request that can stop the malformation of babies conceived at this time?" House Minority Leader Nancy Pelos asked.

Pelosi: Stop ‘nickel and diming’ on Zika funds

Robert King · May 25, 2016 5:17 pm

Neither the House nor Senate has appointed a conference committee to address the discrepancy in funding. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Lawmakers see another delay in Zika funding as summer closes in

Robert King · May 25, 2016 4:01 am