Senate vote on Zika money fails, leaving funding future uncertain

WASHINGTON — The Senate failed Tuesday to advance a Republican-negotiated plan to fund the US response to the Zika virus, leaving no end in sight for the Zika funding fight in Congress that has dragged on for more than four months.

The procedural vote failed 52 to 48, 126 days after President Obama first requested a $1.9 billion package to address the virus. It needed 60 votes to advance.

The failure leaves the Zika funding effort in an increasingly bitter standoff. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said after the vote that he would bring the measure up again after the long July 4 weekend.

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