WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday promised that President Barack Obama would veto the long-delayed response of the Republican-controlled Congress to his request for fighting the Zika virus, saying it provided too little money and contained too many partisan provisions.

The $1.1 billion measure had already appeared sure to die in the Senate next at the hands of filibustering Democrats backing Obama's $1.9 billion request and opposing spending cuts that House Republicans added to the measure.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said if the measure does pass the Senate, Obama will veto it.

The bleak fate of the compromise worked out by House and Senate Republicans seemed certain, and it was unclear what alternative might emerge.

The Zika plan came out late Wednesday and won approval in the House hours later. That vote came amid a Democratic floor protest of GOP inaction on gun legislation. Republican leaders called the Zika vote abruptly, permitted no debate and immediately adjourned through July 4.

The result was more of the partisanship that has dogged the Zika proposal from the start and raised questions about whether lawmakers will manage to approve any assistance before they leave Washington in mid-July for the political conventions.

The measure matches a bipartisan $1.1 billion figure adopted by the Senate last month to fight the mosquito-borne virus, which can cause grave birth defects.

The House was largely satisfied in its demand to pair Zika aid with about $750 million in offsetting cuts to spending, including $543 million in unused funds from implementation of Obama's health care law and $107 million in cuts to leftover Ebola money.

Democrats objected. They made claims about restrictions the measure would place on Planned Parenthood, and they complained about a watered-down version of a provision backed by the House that would ease rules on pesticide applications to battle the mosquitoes that can spread Zika.

Obama requested $1.9 billion four months ago to fight the virus. Republicans initially forced the administration to devote more than $500 million of unspent Ebola money on Zika.

The Zika money was added to an $82 billion measure covering the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects. That measure is among the most popular of the 12 annual appropriations bills, and Republicans held out hope that its popularity might break free enough Democrats to squeak through the Senate.