Is there a path forward for PEPFAR?
Lawmakers are growing less optimistic about a full-reauthorization for PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
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PEPFAR’s chances of becoming a plus-one
The fight over reauthorizing a once-bipartisan international HIV/AIDS program escalated Monday with seven sit-in protestors arrested on the hill. But lawmakers are growing less optimistic about a full-reauthorization, as champions scale back aspirations and search for a way to break a deadlock triggered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) before a $6.9 billion funding lapse.
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