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We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit ASH Grassroots Network.The short explanation of this alert was:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-WV) have introduced a $100.3 billion economic recovery package that includes $1 billion for the National Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2009.
ASH had joined with the biomedical research community in urging congressional leaders to include an additional $1.9 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in any economic recovery package considered by Congress this year. This important funding – which represents, perhaps, the last remaining chance to provide NIH with additional funding before the end of the 2008 calendar year – would build upon the $150 million in additional fiscal year FY 2008 funding for NIH that congressional supporters were able to secure earlier this year and would represent an important step towards reversing NIH's current downward funding trend.
Advocacy can make a difference in securing this important funding for NIH. It is crucial that you to contact your Senators and urge their support for this bill containing additional funding for NIH.
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