Republicans and Democrats Play Chicken With Zika Funding

Thursday dawned beautifully over the Capitol, the sun gleaming through the nearly abandoned halls: Congress had wrapped their work Wednesday night and the members wasted little time splitting town. All that is, except Senate Democratic leaders Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, who held a press conference Thursday morning demanding that their colleagues come back and renegotiate a bill to address the looming Zika virus crisis.

“We are willing to compromise.