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Funding to fight autism became the latest program caught in a legislative logjam in the U.S. Senate last week when two conservatives blocked a bill to keep $231 million in grants for research and education flowing past Oct. 1.
The Republican-led House on Tuesday unanimously approved the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-Robbinsville. But when Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., sought the same unanimous approval in the upper house the same day, there were objections from Sens. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla.See the full content of this document
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Politics Ties Up Autism Research
"The lobby to support autism is definitely very strong, and we appreciate that," DeMint said. "But there are many, many diseases that children and people throughout our country face, and we have put experts in place to determine where we can spend the money that we allocate for research, and...
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