October 23, 1998

Budget Pact Includes Big Boost for NIH and Sets Maximum Pell Grant at $3,125

By STEPHEN BURD and PATRICK HEALY

The White House and the Republican Congressional leadership agreed last week on remaining spending issues for fiscal 1999, clearing the way for a vote on a huge spending bill that is expected to increase the budget of the National Institutes of Health by as much as $2-billion and to raise the maximum Pell Grant by $125.

The $500-billion "omnibus" legislation encompasses eight unfinished spending bills, including one that finances most

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