Pelosi aide says deal with Speaker Ryan covers Flint aid
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press
Sep 28, 2016 6:52 AM CDT
FILE - In tis June 21, 2016, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, listen to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats...   (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders appear to have broken a stalemate over the Flint, Michigan, water crisis — clearing the way for a spending bill to keep the government running until December.

The spending bill also would provide long-delayed money to fight Zika.

An aide to House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi says Pelosi and House Speaker Paul Ryan have an agreement on a first step for aid to address Flint's lead-tainted water.

The agreement promises to provide $170 million to help Flint and other cities with water emergencies — and that pledge of assistance would be part of a water projects bill.

The deal between Democrat Pelosi and Republican Ryan holds the promise of freeing up the short-term spending measure. That bill had failed to advance in the Senate on Tuesday.

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