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FASEB Submits Testimony to the House and Senate for FY2009
This month, FASEB submitted written testimony to
House and Senate appropriations committees,
recommending fiscal year 2009 (FY2009) funding
levels for the National Science Foundation (NSF)
and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in
preparation for the FY2009 Commerce, Justice and
Science and the Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs appropriations bills. The
recommendations in the testimony are consistent
with FASEB’s Federal Funding for Biomedical and
Related Life Sciences Research FY2009
publication (Federal Funding Report) earlier
this year.
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INSIDE (The Beltway) SCOOP – Gretchen Opper
Given that there is no public discussion of progress on the fiscal year 2009 (FY2009) congressional Budget resolution
and that the House and Senate have not yet named conferees, and given that the FY2009 appropriations process is still in its infancy, the
talk around town is focusing primarily on the war supplemental. Since Congress may not pass the FY2009 appropriations bills until the new
administration assumes office next spring, the perception of the war supplemental that lawmakers are currently crafting is that it may
well be the last funding train leaving the station for some time.
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Postponement of the Science Debate: Scientists Speak Out
Regrettably, Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama declined invitations to a science debate that sponsors had scheduled for today
in Philadelphia. Still, investment in research remains essential for our nation’s health and well being, and we cannot afford to let this
issue fade into the background
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Senator Specter on Health, Research and NIH
Senator Arlen Specter has just published a new book, Never Give In (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press
http://us.macmillan.com/nevergivein), which describes his struggle with cancer and his determination to continue his career in the U.S.
Senate. In the book and in his many public appearances to promote it, Senator Specter affirms his strong support for medical research and
the National Institutes of Health.
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After Five Years of Flat Funding, NIH Grantees Feel the Squeeze
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has released a compilation of data on research
funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Howard Garrison, Ph.D., Director of the FASEB Office of Public Affairs said, “The
data illustrate the results of five years of flat funding for NIH.” He also noted that “We have seen a substantial decline in NIH’s
purchasing power, curtailing the ability of scientists to take advantage of new opportunities and respond to new health challenges.”
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Anti-evolution bill
introduction in Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri
FASEB is calling on scientists in Florida, Louisiana and Missouri to urge their state senators and representatives
to oppose anti-evolution bills that are making their way through their respective legislatures. In Florida, Senate Bill 2692 and House
Bill 1483 purport to protect the right of teachers to "objectively present scientific information relevant to the full range of scientific
views regarding biological and chemical evolution.”
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CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE
The House and Senate are in recess until March
31, 2008.
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