Monday, October 26, 2015
Mandatory Spending for NIH Could Mar Senate Medical Bill
Mandatory Spending for NIH Could Mar Senate Medical Bill-morningconsult: A rift between Republicans over mandatory spending could creep up
this fall as the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
readies a comprehensive medical research bill. HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is considering using
mandatory spending to increase funding for the National Institutes of
Health. But it’s not clear whether he will do so, or if he does, whether
he will have the support of more conservative Republicans.