Obama Budget Increases NIH Health Research

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"Health and science research would get a billion-dollar boost under the 2012 budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama, including a major new project to speed lab advances into cures.

The increase for the National Institutes of Health stood out in the overall 3.7 trillion dollar budget plan that would slash 90 billion dollars in spending in 2012 and 1.1 trillion dollars over the next 10 years.

But it faces hefty opposition from Republican lawmakers who aim to trim a billion dollars from the world's largest public research institute as part of other cuts to science and research they say are necessary as America faces a 1.65 trillion dollar deficit this year alone."

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