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Act Now to Protect NIH Funding

Contact your Representative and Senators today
 

Recently, the House of Representatives released its funding recommendation for NIH, which included a $1 billion increase above the FY11 level. Currently, there is a difference between the House and Senate bills. The House produced a bill that funds NIH at $31.7 billion. The Senate bill, on the other hand, funds NIH at $30.5 billion, a $200 million reduction below current levels. If the cuts proposed by the Senate are enacted, HD research will be jeopardized and it will take years to recover 

Act Now! Contact your Members of Congress in the House and Senate! Tell your Rep and Senators that any bill passed this year should support the House bill’s funding request for NIH of $31.7 billion.

Click on the link to personalize a letter about the importance of funding the NIH. For more impact, tell your Congressman about how Huntington's disease impacts you and your family. It takes only a few minutes to take action, so please act now! Contact Congress and tell them that funding for the National Institutes of Health matters to you, your family, and the HD community.