Senate Passes Bill Financing NIH, Pell.

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  • Author(s): Brainard, Jeffrey
  • Source:
    Chronicle of Higher Education. 11/11/2005, Vol. 52 Issue 12, pA28-A28. 1/8p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      LEGISLATIVE bills; UNITED States education system; PUBLIC health; GRANTS in aid (Public finance); UNITED States. Congress. Senate; LEGISLATIVE amendments
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article reports that the U.S. Senate has approved a spending bill for education and health research after turning down an amendment that would have raised the maximum Pell Grant by $200 in 2006, instead leaving it at the 2005 level. The final version of the education bill would provide a maximum Pell award of $4,050, the same amount as the past three years. The measure also proposes increasing spending for the National Institutes of Health by more than $1-billion, or 3.7 percent, to $29.42-billion. Senate Republicans opposed the Pell Grant measure and other amendments proposing increases in spending unless they were accompanied by corresponding cuts in other programs.