US senators exempt HIV/Aids funding from planned spending cuts

Republicans in the US Senate have decided to preserve the US-backed HIV/Aids programme Pepfar from proposed $400 million cuts, maintaining total cuts at $9 billion in a rescissions package that also targets international aid and public broadcasting. Bipartisan concern for Pepfar’s impact, which has saved millions of lives globally, has influenced this decision, with the amendment set for another House vote before a Friday deadline.

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Senators in the US want to protect a program that helps people with HIV/Aids from cuts while trying to save money in other areas of the government.

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