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.
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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.