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The Senate committee voted 26-3 Thursday to extend means $ 152 billion fiscal 2008 Labor-HHS Bill of-education through the addition of a change in federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, The Congress Daily reports (Cohn, Congress Daily, is 6 / approve 22). Central BRBRThe Senate Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee and related agencies on Tuesday unanimously approved the legislation, which exceeds the amount required by legislation President Bush ยช $ 10 billion funding increase NIH $ 800 million, or 2.8% and increase funding for community health centers by 13%. The House version of the law contains $ 1900000000 more and total amount of funds that the Senate version, but the Senate version includes more funds for health programs than the House version. The House version
of the legislation would increase funds for NIH by 1.9% (Kaiser Daily Report on health policy, 20.06). BRBRBefore The Committee approved the legislation, Deputy Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA) has admitted that a change in federal funding for research that would allow embryonic stem cells created between August9, 2001, and 15 June 2007. Current policy allows federal funding for research using embryonic stem cell lines created before 9 August 2001 or. Harkin said that the change would reduce the number of viable stem cell lines available to federally funded research for about six to CQ 400.BRBRAccording expand Today, Bush is almost certainly veto the bill when it comes to him with the delivery of stem cells, but it would probably veto the
measure regardless of their expenses (Wayne, CQ Today, 21.06).Indian Health Service The committee also voted 29-0 to approve a $ 27.2 billion in fiscal 2008 Interior spending bill that includes funding environment of the Indian Health Service (Palmer, CQ Today, 6 / 21). The Senate Appropriations Interior, Environment and Related Sub-Committee approved Tuesday the agencies of the bill, which would increase funding for
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