US Senate Appropriations Committee rejects Trump plan for cutting foreign assistance

The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations approved spending for fiscal year 2018 that would continue current funding levels for global health programs.

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• Science Speaks: Appropriators approve sustained global health, boost to TB, increased research funding, reject expanded global gag rule
• Science Speaks: Senate funding committees vote to boost NIH, global TB investments, maintain global and domestic health funding
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Senate report on SFOPs appropriations criticizes Trump administration for promoting ‘doctrine of retreat’ in budget request
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Senate committee approves FY18 SFOPs appropriations bill, votes to reinstate UNFPA funding, overturn Mexico City policy
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Kaiser Family Foundation budget summary analyzes global health aspects of US Senate FY18 SFOPs, HHS appropriations bills
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Congress rejects Trump administration’s proposals for deep cuts to NIH funding
• Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report: Friends of the Global Fight commends Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY18 funding for global health