House GOP Spending Freeze Would ‘Devastate’ Medical Research

Health research funding will face some of the steepest cuts in a decade if the House Republicans’ agreement sets next year’s spending at 2022 levels, potentially slashing billions of dollars in medical research.

House Republicans agreed to hold fiscal 2024 government funding to their fiscal 2022 levels as part of the deal reached by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to secure the speaker’s role after a historic 15 votes stretched over several days. Such a move would lead to about a 7% cut from funding total for fiscal 2023. Democrats will have plenty of opportunities to chip away at those efforts, ...