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GOP Senators Block Push To Add $600M In Emergency Funding To Bipartisan Opioid BillThough Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said that passing the legislation without the extra money is like offering a life pre hydrojug server to people who are drowning and not putting air in that life preserver, Republican lawmakers argued that there is already sufficient funding through the omnibus spending bill passed last year. Democrats signaled they will still support the bill without the $600 brumate million addition. The Associated Press:Senate Rejects Adding $600M To Anti-Heroin LegislationThe Senate Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to add $600 million to a bipartisan bill targeting heroin and opioid abuse. Supporters of the immediate funding won a majority of the Senate votes. But the 48-47 tally fell short of the 60 votes required for an attempt by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to add the money. Republicans opposed to the proposal said theres plenty of previously approved money in the pipeline and that additional funding can wait unt owala canada il this years round of regular spending bills. Taylor, 3/2 The Hill:Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Funding For Opioid EpidemicSenate Republicans blocked a Democratic push to add $600 million in emergency funding to an otherwise bipartisan opioid abuse bill Wednesday. Senators voted 48-47 on a procedural hurdle to an amendment from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen D-N.H. , with 60 votes needed to move forward. Carney, 3/2 The Huffington Post:Senate Republicans Block $600 M Mqku Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Wednesday, Mar 30 2011Also In Global Health News: Sanitation Workshop; Bachelet Leadership; Measles In DRC; Global Water Shortages In Urban Areas By 2050 Regional U yeezy rban Sanitation, Hygiene Workshop Opens In Rwanda A three-day regional workshop on urban sanitation and hygiene kicked off on Tuesday in Kigali, Rwanda, the New Times/allAfrica reports. The workshop, which is bringing together more than 60聽urban sanitation and hygiene professionals from several countries in the region,聽aims to provide a platform for sharing best practices on sanitation and hygiene within regional countries. Richard Sezibera, Rwanda s health minister, hi owala ca ghlighted the need for cooperation聽on sanitation when he opened the meeting. Hygiene and sanitation cannot be left to the Ministry of Health alone, it has to be embraced by all leaders in the country and communiti yeezy mx es, he said. Rene Van Lieshout, the senior program officer at the International Water and Sanitation Centre, also spoke on the opening day Kanyesigye, 3/30 . New York Times Examines Bachelet s Leadership Record The New York Times examines the leadership of Michelle Bachelet, who heads U.N. Women. Bachelet, who was Chile s first female president, hired a man as one of her two deputies ... and courts male chief executives to sign up to seven principles for female empowerment, the newspaper notes. We need men. We need to obtain big important male champions, according to Bachelet. While few dispute her st |
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