Minibus Still a Maybe
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Senate appropriators plan to mark up their two biggest bills today: Defense and Labor-HHS-Education. Those typically combine to make up roughly two-thirds of all discretionary spending.
“The Labor-H bill is one of the toughest for Congress to advance given the size and scope of the funding. But it’s even tougher this year, especially after NIH grant decisions by the White House that runs counter to congressional intent,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Duane Wright told Jeannie Baumann.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have long backed federal investment in medical research. More than a dozen Senate Republicans have co-signed a letter by Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) asking the White House to release unspent NIH funds.
“To see a larger number of Republicans saying, ‘We do not want to see a pocket rescission on NIH,’ is very meaningful,” Research!America’s Ellie Dehoney said.
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