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Congress votes to triple money for AIDS victims
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is sending President Bush legislation that triples funds for a global AIDS relief program credited with saving millions of lives in Africa and elsewhere in the world.
The House vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, which approves spending $48 billion over the next five years to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Bush has won high marks around the world for proposing the existing AIDS act, which has provided $15 billion over the last five years and brought lifesaving drugs to some 1.7 million people suffering from HIV and AIDS.
The House vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, which approves spending $48 billion over the next five years to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
Bush has won high marks around the world for proposing the existing AIDS act, which has provided $15 billion over the last five years and brought lifesaving drugs to some 1.7 million people suffering from HIV and AIDS.
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