Philadelphia Regional Chapter / Medical Library Association
From MLA HQ:
Health and Medicine Counsel of Washington reports that yesterday evening the Senate passed the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations package by voice vote. This spending measure increases the annual budgets for many federal health and education programs. Upon enactment, the National Institutes of Health will receive a $938 million funding increase to bring the agency’s total level of support up to $30.3 billion. Read more» » »
This alert was issued on March 5 about last night’s anticipated vote. According to the New York Times, the Senate failed to pass the bill last night, but may try again next week.
From the Medical Library Association Information Issues and Policy Coordinator:
ACTION ALERT
Ensure passage of the FY 2009 omnibus appropriations package and
increase federal public health funding.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has expressed concern that there are not enough votes yet in the Senate to pass the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill (H.R. 1105). He also has indicated that if the Senate does not approve the omnibus tonight, Congress will extend the continuing resolution (CR) through the remainder of FY 2009. The CR is presently level-funding federal public health initiatives at their FY 2008 level.
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I heard from Mary Langman at MLA that Intellectual Propery Subcommittee ranking member, Howard Coble (R-NC) is stalling on bringing this to the House floor so please do urge your representative to support this worthwhile legislation. They’ll be back in session on Thursday. For background, see MLA’s page on orphan works.
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