Senate Dems Make Zika a Campaign Issue

Senate Dems Make Zika a Campaign Issue
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The campaign arm for Senate Democrats is hitting vulnerable GOP incumbents over the failure of Congress to reach a on Zika funding before the seven-week summer recess.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) will release a memo Monday arguing that the failure to go on recess without a deal "is perhaps the greatest sign yet that the Republicans, and their irresponsible penchant for reckless partisan obstructionism, are simply not working."

"While Republicans continue to reject commonsense solutions, Democratic Senators and Senate candidates urge their colleagues to return to Washington and authorize emergency spending to fight Zika," the group writes in the memo, which was obtained by The Hill.

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