WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee says President Barack Obama will be awarded the bulk of his $6.2 billion request to fight Ebola in Africa.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Obama won’t get the full $1.5 billion for a contingency fund but will get the green light for other portions of the request.
The South Carolina Republican is a lead negotiator on the foreign aid budget as Congress wraps up a $1 trillion-plus spending bill in advance of a likely vote next week.
Obama asked for $2 billion for the U.S. Agency for International Development and $2.4 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services.
The money would help strengthen the public health system in the U.S. and combat the epidemic in West Africa.
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