White House drops plan to cut Ebola funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to revive a $15 billion plan to pare back spending that has languished on Capitol Hill, the White House on Tuesday dropped a proposal to cut $252 million in leftover funding to fight the Ebola virus in Africa.
An Ebola outbreak in Congo led the administration to rethink the cuts.
The White House budget office has also dropped a plan to cut $107 million appropriated during the Obama administration to help communities rebuild watersheds and floodplains damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
The White House originally unveiled the cuts last month, but they've languished in Congress.