Some Science Lobbyists Irk GOP Leaders in Congress

Lobbyist Watch:

Advocates seeking another big spending increase for the National Institutes of Health have enjoyed support from members of Congress in both parties. But when budget negotiations recently entered the homestretch, ardent efforts by a few lobbyists irritated some of their patrons in Congress.

Tensions arose over lobbyists' public opposition to a proposal by appropriators to defer nearly half of the N.I.H.'s proposed budget, or $7.5-billion,

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