Reid: Bill to lift HIV travel ban moving closer to final vote

Posted on June 28, 2008 
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A final vote on a global AIDS-relief bill that also would lift the 15-year-old prohibition on foreign visitors and immigrants with HIV from entering or seeking residence in the U.S. could take place by the July Fourth holiday recess, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The bill reportedly was stalled over differences between the parties over how much of its $50 billion in funding would be allocated for medical care and treatment. Washington Blade

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