Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair the Zika funds with cuts to other programs as the House of Representatives calls for to defray the measure's effect on the budget deficit. Democrats, whose votes may be needed to pas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair the Zika funds with cuts to other programs as the House of Representatives calls for to defray the measure's effect on the budget deficit. Democrats, whose votes may be needed to pas…