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Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking

Collins is leading an effort to add guardrails against political influence over NIH grants.

Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking
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Senate appropriators led by Susan Collins and Patty Murray are drafting spending-bill language to limit political influence over NIH grants. The effort faces opposition from Sen. John Kennedy and remains unresolved ahead of the lame-duck session.

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Susan M. Collins R · ME · SEN
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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Senate appropriators’ effort to add safeguards to NIH grantmaking

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Patty Murray
D · WA · SEN

Senate appropriators’ effort to add safeguards to NIH grantmaking

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose administration’s grantmaking actions prompted the proposed safeguards

Tammy Baldwin
D · WI · SEN

Describing when the NIH grantmaking dispute is expected to come to a head

Lisa Murkowski
R · AK · SEN

Preparing similar protections for environmental research grants

Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Calling for Congress to push back on administration actions

John Kennedy
R · LA · SEN

Opposing the proposed grantmaking guardrails

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