After meeting with Senate Republicans on Tuesday, White House Budget Director Russ Vought told reporters that the Trump administration has agreed to exempt a global anti-AIDS initiative from the rescissions package.

According to The Hill, Vought said President Donald Trump was on board with a substitute amendment to spare the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from the funding clawback currently making its way through Congress.

PEPFAR was launched in 2003 by former President George W. Bush.

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