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House passes Zika bill, but funding level is far below Obama's request

The bill would provide $622 million to fight the virus — less than a third of what President Barack Obama asked for three months ago.
An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is seen in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia, Feb. 2, 2016. (Photo by Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters)
An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is seen in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia, Feb. 2, 2016.
By Alex Moe, Alex Moe and Alex Johnson, Alex Johnson
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed bill Wednesday night to combat the Zika virus that the White House has already threatened to veto as inadequate.