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U.S. Senate Backs $3 Billion for Global AIDS Reuters Thursday, July 10, 2003; 3:58 PM By Vicki Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Bush visited AIDS-ravaged Africa, the U.S. Senate on Thursday backed spending $3 billion next year to fight the HIV-AIDS pandemic, well above the $2 billion Bush sought in bills moving through the House of Representatives. Saying Bush was claiming credit for the global AIDS initiative without fully paying for it, Democrats pushed to put the Senate on record in support of $3 billion to launch the five-year, $15 billion program that Congress and Bush have touted. The...

<p>WASHINGTON — The Senate (search) voted early Friday to fund relief for millions of AIDS (search) victims worldwide, moving swiftly so President Bush (search) can go to next month's summit in France with powerful evidence of American intent to combat the deadly disease.</p>

Congress to Consider Boost in Global AIDS Funds March 27— WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Expressing regret for being a latecomer to the global fight against AIDS, Sen. Jesse Helms, a frequent critic of foreign aid, will press for more money to stem the pandemic in his last year in Congress. Helms, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and fellow Republican Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee, said they hope to include an additional $500 million in international AIDS funding when Congress next month takes up a multibillion dollar emergency anti-terrorism package."This is just the first initiative on this front,"...