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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeating cancer used to be bipartisan. What happened?
President Joe Biden is scrambling to fund his cancer moonshot and its ambitious goal of cutting the death rate by half an aim close to his heart thats no longer a bipartisan priority.
Lawmakers backed the initiative during the final days of Barack Obamas presidency, passing the 21st Century Cures Act, and allotting $1.8 billion to the cause, nearly unanimously. Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called it "the most significant legislation passed by this Congress.
But times have changed. The spending package Congress passed in March doesnt reup Cures moonshot money that dried up at the end of last year. Lawmakers rejected Bidens request to fund Cures this year and also cut off his moonshot's most direct funding stream.
The new budget is tight across the board, reflecting Republicans control of the House, deficit concerns and, not least, their desire to deny Biden a win months before the election. Congress decision has left Biden scrambling to fill the gap.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-killing-bidens-cancer-moonshot-090000037.html
Ferrets are Cool
(21,140 posts)unblock
(52,798 posts)Republican in power?
E.g., Donnie during Covid? Again, Republican want people to die for political advantage.
Also, they hate black people and pretty much any health issue has a disproportionate effect on black people because our healthcare distribution sucks in this country. But that's also why they want health problems worse, not better. They don't even care that it also affects white people. As long as the percentage is a bit higher for black people.
Evil f*cking fascists.
shrike3
(4,059 posts)When Trump got in, the whole thing was dead in the water.
0rganism
(24,063 posts)We have lost so much ground to effective branding and propaganda techniques
CrispyQ
(36,715 posts)[blockquote]Pregnancy tissue at six weeks.
Diamond_Dog
(32,432 posts)Thats why they tanked it. Makes no difference how many people it helps.
CrispyQ
(36,715 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(109,083 posts)Because I think Trump is more like rectal cancer.
applegrove
(119,336 posts)The Billionaires will go to Europe for cancer treatment.
Aristus
(66,729 posts)And when they can't, it's "God's will".
LeftInTX
(26,148 posts)TSExile
(2,960 posts)They don't give a crap about life.
tanyev
(42,879 posts)every GD thing that Democrats support. Thats what happened.