Zika situation. The Fourth of July congressional break was coming up and still no movement on the supplemental bill. This was truly becoming a standoff between the Democrats and the Republicans. The Republicans next proposed a budget package that would take money from the Affordable Care Act and from the Ebola account and also contained a stipulation to defund Planned Parenthood. Only in Washington, D.C., would someone link defunding health insurance, disease prevention, and women’s health programs to pay to protect pregnant women from a disease that might severely damage their unborn babies.
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