A planned coup by the Malignant Fascist's regime of National Institutes of Health grantmaking has reportedly bitten the dust, for now:
The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The White House had reportedly held a meeting earlier this week discussing plans for the potential order that would’ve given the Office of Management and Budget discretion over grantmaking at the NIH, which quickly drew backlash from key Senate appropriators.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, welcomed the news in a statement Wednesday.
“It shouldn’t take public outcry to prevent President Trump and [Office of Management and Budget director] Russ Vought from laying waste to the NIH and defunding lifesaving research because they think it’s ‘woke’ or want to extort a university,” she said. “This president is on a mission to shred patients and families’ hopes for new treatments and cures.”
We pause for a queef from embattled pay-to-play Sen. Susan "Concerned" Collins:
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, had penned a letter to the White House on Tuesday warning the administration to not move forward, saying the grantmaking process should not become politicized.
That's rich. Concluding:
The executive order idea arose after the administration in May moved to exert more control over the agency’s process for awarding research funds issuing a proposal, known as the Uniform Guidance proposed rule. It would require political appointees to review discretionary grants to make sure they aligned with presidential priorities and would expand agencies’ ability to terminate grants “for convenience,” among other changes...
We should never believe that a battle with these committed fascist goons is won, because they see everything as a long struggle to impose their unscientific, racist, misogynist worldview on American life. Electing a Democratic House and Senate in November will deter them from trying to pass legislation to effect this politicization of NIH grants for the remainder of the MF's term in office.
