'Fiscal cliff' agreement protects preparedness funds—for now

January 2, 2013
by Lisa Schnirring
CIDRAP

 

The House of Representative's final approval last night of a deal to stave off severe "fiscal cliff" budget cuts protects public health preparedness funding, at least for the next 2 months.

Lack of an agreement on the measure, which passed the Senate during the early-morning hours yesterday, would have triggered automatic budget cuts beginning today, a key provision of an August 2011 bill that raised the national debt limit.

 

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