Raskin Opposes OMB Rule Giving GOP Appointees Veto Power Over Billions in Research Grants
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Updated · WTOP · Jun 27
Raskin Opposes OMB Rule Giving GOP Appointees Veto Power Over Billions in Research Grants
3 articles · Updated · WTOP · Jun 27
Summary
Jamie Raskin, whose district includes the NIH, opened Democrats’ pushback with a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought calling the proposed rule “disastrous and likely unlawful.”
The rule would let GOP political appointees block or reshape funding decisions across federal agencies, formalizing an approach critics say has already slowed billions of dollars in health and science grants under Trump.
Maryland’s biomedical research community is bracing for the change because it could further choke funding and, Raskin argued, stifle healthcare innovation for generations.
A 400-page OMB proposal issued in May would extend political control beyond research grants to other federal funding streams, while the administration says the changes are fiscally responsible.