AIDS-Funding PEPFAR Debate this Afternoon
The Senate “invoked cloture” on PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) late in the afternoon on Friday.
This basically means that the bill has passed another hurdle and is continuing to move forward.
We are expecting debate on the Senate floor starting today around 3pm EST. We’ll keep you posted and give you web link to the live debate as it happens.
A few senators have indicated that they intend to introduce amendments to reduce the amount of funding in the bill (currently $50 million for AIDS, TB and malaria over the next 5 years) but as of now, we don’t expect those amendments to pass.
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July 14, 2008 at 2:18 pm
finally!
July 14, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I just got home from a day out and I missed the PEPFAR debate. Did anything happen today that we should know about? Was there a vote taken on PEPFAR or was it just a debate?
I hope that someone can answer my question. Thanks.
ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie
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