Obama's $4.1 Trillion Budget Request Proposes Mandatory Funds for $1 Billion Cancer Moonshot

By Matthew Bin Han Ong

President Barack Obama Feb. 8 unveiled his budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year—a $4.1 trillion spending blueprint that is unlikely to be passed by a Republican-controlled Congress.

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