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Specter, a Fulcrum of the Stimulus Bill, Pulls Off a Coup for Health Money

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In return for providing one of only three Republican votes for the stimulus bill, Senator Arlen Specter was able to secure a 34 percent increase in the National Institutes of Health’s budget.