US Capitol Capsule: Countdown to shutdown over Obamacare: Time to panic?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Congress has less than two weeks to either reconcile House and Senate fiscal year 2014 budget bills adopted earlier this year – a deal seen by most in Washington as highly unlikely to happen – or agree on a short-term continuing resolution (CR) before US federal agencies, like the FDA and the National Institutes of Health, are forced to shut down, resulting in delayed drug approval decisions or a slowdown in research grant awards.
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