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APS Science Policy Update
June 30, 2006
In this issue:
- Stem Cell Votes Scheduled in the Senate
- National Priorities and the NIH budget in the Washington Post
- Recent FASEB Publications
Senate Schedules Votes on Stem Cell Measures
More than a year after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 810, Senate leadership from both parties has agreed to schedule votes on three stem cell bills after the July 4th Congressional recess.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06
/29/AR2006062902051.html
How Else Would You Spend $320 Billion?
Gene Sperling, former Clinton economic advisor, wrote an Op-Ed in Sunday’s Washington Post that named biomedical research as one of the areas that he would fund if he could redistribute current spending priorities.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06
/23/AR2006062301363.html
FASEB News
The latest FASEB Washington Update:
http://opa.faseb.org/pages/Washingtonupdate/June2306/