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Congress passes budget increase for FDA

3/25/2008

WASHINGTON The proposed budget for the Food and Drug Administration will soon see more funds headed its way after the Senate and the House of Representatives passed a budget resolution for a $71 million increase in the agency’s 2009 budget.

The Senate voted 51-44 for the increase, which was added in by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The House narrowly passed the resolution with a vote of 212-207.

The two resolutions, though, must be compared and worked on by a conference committee, which has not yet been scheduled to meet.

The total increase for the FDA’s budget is $375 million over the 2008 budget.

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