Axios - Republicans and Democrats are using the latest government funding package to push back against President Trump's proposed cuts to NIH — and limit the administration's influence over biomedical research grants.
The bipartisan sentiment shows that efforts to find new cures still have strong support on Capitol Hill after a turbulent year for the agency.
The health care portion of the spending package released early Tuesday includes $48.7 billion for NIH — an increase of $415 million, and a far cry from the roughly 40% cut in President Trump's budget request.
.... The spending bill would also keep language blocking NIH from imposing a 15% cap on research universities and institutions' overhead and administrative costs.
....Yes, but: NIH grant cancellations, program cuts and other unilateral moves by the administration are unlikely to stop. Moree
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