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Obama could make the request as early as next week, the
congressional official told Bloomberg. Both officials declined
to say how much additional funding Obama would seek, the report
said.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday that
Obama had not made any decisions about whether additional
resources were necessary.
The U.S. government now has more than $1 billion available to
fight the spread of Ebola from three West African countries,
where it has killed more than 4,500 people.
Obama, who has been criticized by Republicans for the
administration's handling of Ebola, urged Americans on Saturday
not to give in to "hysteria" about the spread of the virus.
Three people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States
and more than 100 are being monitored for possible signs of the
disease. One of those diagnosed, a Liberian man who traveled to
Dallas, Texas from his home country in late September, died last
week.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Grant McCool)
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