House set to vote on bill blocking White House plan to politicize NIH funding
The House will hold a fast-track vote on the Senate’s stopgap funding measure that would prevent the administration from giving political appointees authority over federal research grants.
The House is scheduled to conduct a fast-track vote, requiring a two-thirds supermajority, on the Senate’s stopgap appropriations bill that would block the White House’s proposal to let political appointees oversee NIH research grants. The vote is expected Tuesday night, with GOP leaders confident the Senate version will clear. A defeat would push any further reconciliation of the two chambers’ bills to after the Senate returns on September 14.
In a separate development, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is kicking off its yearly public meeting to examine the recent Part D benefit redesign and other Medicare quality measures. President Trump disclosed nine more Medicaid drug-price agreements, though reports suggest one deal was missed. Additional items in the newsletter include a quirky bar offering a spritz in a designer purse and a local beer-based cocktail in Baltimore.
Why it matters
The outcome determines whether political officials can influence the allocation of federal research money.
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