Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/AIDS programme PEPFAR from cuts amid a larger effort to reduce government spending.
Republicans in the US Senate have said they will spare the US-backed HIV/AIDS programme PEPFAR from cuts amid a larger effort to reduce government spending.
Senators said they would end a plan to cut $400 million from the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief programme, leaving total proposed cuts at $9 billion.
The proposition was made in a Senate amendment to a recession's package, meaning a bill that allows lawmakers to cancel previous funding approved by Congress.
The planned cancellations also include funds for international aid and public broadcasting.
If the PEPFAR amendment is approved, the bill will go back to the House of Representatives for another vote ahead of a Friday deadline.
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