President Bush vetoed the Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill on November 13th.  The bill includes a 3.1% increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a 2.7% increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI).  Under the President's proposal, NIH funding would be cut by $480 million in 2008. 

In order to override the President's veto, two-thirds of the House and Senate must vote in support of the funding increases.  Congress is expected to vote on the override on Thursday, November 15th, so your help is needed! Please call your Members of Congress and urge them to override the President's veto of the Labor-HHS appropriations bill.  This funding is very important because it provides an investment in cancer research that may help in the fight against cancer.

Again, NPAF urges you to contact your Representative and Senators and ask them to vote in favor of this funding increase.  Please visit http://www.house.gov/ and http://www.senate.gov/ if you are unsure how to contact your elected officials.