NIH Funding Moving Forward in Senate

Earlier today the Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee  approved its FY 2011 spending bill. The subcommittee approved a $1 billion increase for NIH (same as the President’s budget and the House subcommittee bill).  Senator Specter raised the issue of increasing the NIH budget level but Chairman Harkin thought the numbers were at the proper level given the tight overall budget. 

 
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