Hardliners Balk at Mandatory Spending for Cures – but Used Same Mechanism for Vets

Hardliners Balk at Mandatory Spending for Cures – but Used Same Mechanism for Vets-morningconsult: Some hardline House Republicans are opposing a $9.3 billion program for the National Institutes of Health because it creates a mandatory spending program for an agency that is traditionally funded with discretionary spending.