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Buck: Democrats need to set aside partisan bluster, fund fight against Zika
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Zika is on the move in the United States, infecting mothers and causing birth defects in our children. That’s why I was appalled to read Congresswoman Diana DeGette’s attempt to shift the blame in these pages by blaming Republicans for holding up funding. Let me set the record straight. House Republicans have worked diligently to…
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CDC Director: Just a few weeks’ of Zika funding remain
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The head of the government’s fight against the Zika virus said that “we are now essentially out of money” and warned that the country is “about to see a bunch of kids born with microcephaly” in the coming months. Friday’s warning from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden came as lawmakers start to sort…
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Congress returns to battle over Zika, keep government open
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Lawmakers returning to Washington after a seven-week break picked up right where they left off – feuding about legislation to battle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and deadlocked over the defense budget. A tightening presidential race and pitched warfare for control of the Senate this November promise to overshadow whatever Congress accomplishes in an election-shortened September session –…
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Clinton focuses on Zika in battleground state of Florida
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Hillary Clinton is turning to a major health issue in the battleground state of Florida with a visit Tuesday to a Miami neighborhood dealing with the first U.S. outbreak of the Zika virus. Clinton will call on Republican congressional leaders to summon lawmakers back to Washington from their summer recess and pass emergency funding for…
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The Hot Sheet, August 5, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 146 | AUGUST 05, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning and Happy Friday. While Hillary Clinton cut ad buys in Colorado in the midst of a huge boost in the state’s polls, Donald Trump isn’t done with the state, at least not yet. But…
