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Raise In Debt Ceiling Means FDA Funding Bill Can Advance

 
• By Sue Darcey

The US House on 25 July signed off on a two-year budget deal for FY 2020 and 2021 raising the federal debt ceiling, and allowing funding for FDA and other federal agencies to go forward.

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The US Senate and House this week reached an agreement with the White House to suspend federal government spending limits and raise the debt ceiling, giving a green light for a US Food and Drug Administration appropriations bill to advance.

The House approved its FDA funding bill earlier this summer, giving the agency an overall increase of 6% for FY...

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