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FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close

Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National
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Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science

Science 16 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6049 p. 1549
DOI: 10.1126/science.1211494
EDITORIAL:

Dueling Visions for Science

Rush Holt
Rush Holt is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District and has a doctoral degree in physics.

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President Vetoed Bill to Fund the NIH.

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As expected, the President vetoed the FY 2008 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (Labor-H) appropriations bill that contains $30 billion in funding for the NIH.

The President vetoed the Labor-H bill because it exceeds his budget proposal by $10 billion. The Congress will now attempt to override this veto. When the House voted to adopt the Labor-HHS-Education conference report Nov. 8, it fell three votes short of the two-thirds majority that would be needed for an override.

Democrats are hoping they can persuade a few GOP moderates to join them in voting for an override. It is critical that you contact your Member of Congress now. Congress needs to know that their constituents feel strongly about the importance of properly funding the NIH.

To contact your Member of Congress, go to http://capwiz.com/jscpp/home/ where you will find a prewritten letter that you can easily email to your legislators or use as talking points for a phone call to your Member of Congress.