As is often the case in Congress, this funding bill was attached to a larger, unrelated bill — this one funding veterans and the military. Depending who you're talking to, the additions to the House bill would end up derailing the entire thing. Sidetracked by other issuesAs the funding package was passing the House of Representatives last week, Senate Democrats actually walked away from the negotiations. Senate fails to pass Zika funding on party line vote; now here come the microcephaly infant floor charts pic.twitter.com/oYmx67Ojef — Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) June 28, 2016Summer is here and so is the threat of the Zika virus in the United States. Cornyn also said this was probably the "last shot" to approve Zika funding this summer, and he's probably right: The House is already on a week-long break, and when members return after July 4, both chambers have nine days in session before they're out for seven weeks.

Source: Washington Post June 28, 2016 18:07 UTC