Aug 9, 2016 ... Rick Scott speaks at a press conference about the Zika virus as Centers ...  Tuesday to cut short its summer recess and pass funding to fight the Zika virus.  Florida's congressional delegation does not appear to need persuading. ... to  allocate $1.1 billion failed recently in the Senate when Democrats objected ...
Jul 19, 2016 ... After three large, nasty funding fights, Congress left for a seven-week recess  without giving a cent in ... The fight over opioid funding continued until a  conference bill ... The House had passed its own fully-offset bill allocating $622  million ... is a difference between the opioids fight, on one hand, and the Zika ...
Jun 28, 2016 ... Congressional efforts to fight the Zika virus failed Tuesday, as lawmakers ...  Senate Democrats blocked a $1.1 billion funding package to fight the ...  Congress will heed warnings and allocate funds to fight Zika before lawmakers  leave ... [Without federal funding, counties brace to confront Zika on their own].
Apr 29, 2016 ... THe Senate adjourned for week-long recess without agreeing on Zika ... Funding  to fight the ongoing Zika virus outbreak remains tied up in ... “And it is threatening  us.” ... Some funds that were allocated to the Ebola response have been ... is at a  higher risk for Zika cases, called for quicker movement on the ...
Jun 3, 2016 ... James Surowiecki on why Congress hasn't funded anti-Zika efforts, and more of  the ... Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and ... and  last week, when Congress began a ten-day recess, no deal was in sight. ... But  not doing so is a quintessential penny-wise, pound-foolish move.
Congress will begin its recess "without having allocated one penny" to fight Zika.