Thursday, March 13, 2008: The U.S. Senate voted 95 to 4 in favor of adopting the “Specter/Harkin” amendment to the Senate’s fiscus year (FY) 2009 budget resolution. This amendment authorizes an additional $2.1 billion for NIH in FY 2009. This would bring the agency’s total potential funding level up to $32.2 billion. This is an important first step to increasing NIH funding. Click on the link above to read Senator Specter’s floor statement.
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