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Posted: 12:08 PM Jul 24, 2008
House Ready To OK $48 Billion In Global AIDS Fight
The House is set to pass and send to President Bush legislation that triples money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world. Reporter: Associated PressEmail Address: news@kake.com |
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The House is set to pass and send to President Bush legislation that triples money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world.
The Senate passed the bill last week.
The additional money would expand a program that has saved and prolonged the lives of millions in Africa alone.
Bush, who first floated the idea of a campaign against the scourge of global AIDS in his 2003 State of the Union speech, supports the five-year, $48 plan.
The current 15-billion-dollar act expires at the end of September. It has won plaudits from some of Bush's harshest critics both in Congress and around the world.
A vote on the new measure is expected late this afternoon.
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