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House GOP Votes Down NIH Funding Measure One Day After Members Praised NIH Funding
Sam Stein
Posted: 03/19/2015 10:53 am EDT Updated: 03/19/2015 2:59 pm EDT

huffingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON --
One day after conservative Republicans thrilled an audience of science research
advocates by pledging their support for more federal investments in their
field, House Republicans on the Budget Committee voted against appropriating
more money for just that purpose.

Late Wednesday evening, the House Budget Committee rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to add roughly $51 billion over 10 years in new mandatory funding for the National Institutes of Health. The amendment would have spread out the money so that it increased over time, providing a stable and growing stream of funds from which the institutes could draw.

The amendment died along party lines, with 22 Republicans in opposition and 12 Democrats in favor (two Democrats missed the votes).

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