Government
Bush vetoes HHS budget bill
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Nov. 26, 2007
President Bush vetoed the fiscal year 2008 health, education and labor spending bill in part because the measure has $150.7 billion in discretionary spending -- $9.8 billion more than his request. The measure would have boosted funding for the National Institutes of Health and community health centers.
Rep. David Obey (D, Wis.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said Bush should look for budget cuts in his latest $200 billion military spending request rather than in health care and medical research.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/11/26/gvbf1126.htm.