House Clears Stimulus with R&D Bucks in Partisan Split

Jan 29, 2009

This article has been corrected to reflect that 11 House Democrats joined all of the House Republicans in voting against the bill.

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — The US House of Representatives last night passed an economic stimulus bill that includes a $3.9 billion funding boost for the National Institutes of Health, as well as $3.4 billion to spend on research infrastructure.

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