Senators blocked dueling proposals funding a response to the Zika virus for the second time this week with days left before lawmakers leave for a recess that lasts until September.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) tried to bring up the $1.1 billion deal spearheaded by Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected.
The Kentucky Republican, in turn, tried to bring up a GOP-supported conference report, but Nelson objected.
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