- Senators narrowly saved funding for PEPFAR, the U.S. HIV/AIDS relief program that has saved millions across the globe, as Congress battles the clock to pass vast spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump.
Senate Republicans voted to preserve funding for HIV/AIDS relief on Tuesday night, abandoning a controversial $400 million proposed cut to PEPFAR woven into President Donald Trump’s $9 billion spending reductions package. The vote moves Trump’s campaign against government spending closer to fruition, but a final vote in the Senate, and likely the House of Representatives, is expected Thursday.
