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After a brief government shutdown, FY26 funding bill is signed into law

NIH gets $415M raise, NCI gets $128M more, CDMRP funding largely restored

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On Feb. 3, the House of Representatives passed the Senate Amendment to H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 217 to 214. Later that day, President Donald Trump signed the bill into law, officially ending the brief partial government shutdown that began on Jan. 31. 

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