Beating cancer used to be bipartisan. What happened?

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President Joe Biden is scrambling to fund his cancer moonshot and its ambitious goal of cutting the death rate by half — an aim close to his heart that’s no longer a bipartisan priority.

Lawmakers backed the initiative during the final days of Barack Obama’s presidency, passing the 21st Century Cures Act, and allotting $1.8 billion to the cause, nearly unanimously. Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called it "the most significant legislation passed by this Congress.”

But times have changed. The spending package Congress passed in March doesn’t reup Cures moonshot money that dried up at the end of last year. Lawmakers rejected Biden’s request to fund Cures this year and also cut off his moonshot's most direct funding stream.

The new budget is tight across the board, reflecting Republicans’ control of the House, deficit concerns and, not least, their desire to deny Biden a win months before the election. Congress’ decision has left Biden scrambling to fill the gap.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-killing-bidens-cancer-moonshot-090000037.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Repugs hate anyone but themselves.

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2. Death cult. Democrat in office? Republicans was to let people die for political advantage.

Republican in power?

E.g., Donnie during Covid? Again, Republican want people to die for political advantage.

Also, they hate black people and pretty much any health issue has a disproportionate effect on black people because our healthcare distribution sucks in this country. But that's also why they want health problems worse, not better. They don't even care that it also affects white people. As long as the percentage is a bit higher for black people.

Evil f*cking fascists.

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3. A relative was supposed to participate in that.

When Trump got in, the whole thing was dead in the water.

[0rganism]

4. But they always remember to call themselves "pro-life"

We have lost so much ground to effective branding and propaganda techniques

[CrispyQ]

8. Pro-petri dish life.

[blockquote]Pregnancy tissue at six weeks.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Only because it's a Biden proposal

That’s why they tanked it. Makes no difference how many people it helps.

[CrispyQ]

6. They got brain cancer.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. They can't show on Uncle Sam's buttocks

Because I think Trump is more like rectal cancer.

[applegrove]

7. Repugs don't want to pay medicare and SS to seniors.

The Billionaires will go to Europe for cancer treatment.

[Aristus]

10. Republicans can pray away cancer.

And when they can't, it's "God's will".

[LeftInTX]

11. The party of stupid!

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12. The "pro-life" party...what a joke!!!

They don't give a crap about life.

[tanyev]

13. A bunch of Republicans decided they're going to oppose

every GD thing that Democrats support. That’s what happened.