WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers say they have reached agreement with the White House to spend $50 billion over the next five years to fight the AIDs epidemic in Africa and other regions. That's more than triple the current spending level.
The compromise set the stage for a vote by the House Foreign Affairs Committee later Wednesday to approve extension and expansion of one of the most successful and popular foreign policy initiatives of the Bush administration.
Committee chairman Howard Berman of California said another 6,000 people are infected by HIV ever day, so lawmakers must act decisively.
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