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Democratic Congress Could Mean More Money and More Oversight for NIH
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The National Institutes of Health will have friends in high places when Democrats take over control the House and Senate next year, but how generous lawmakers can be is unclear with tight budgets curbing spending for the near future.
After a 5-year period when the budget doubled, funding for the institutes has foundered for the past few years under a Republican-controlled Congress. What small increases the NIH has seen have been largely wiped out by government-wide budget cuts and the rising cost of research. When the 110th Congress convenes in January, the new Democratic leadership is expected to shift the legislative agenda and funding priorities. They are also expected to take up NIH reauthorization legislation, which would bump up the budget goals and probably include provisions designed to encourage
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