Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As a hospital doctor, I’ve gotten pretty good at delivering bad news. Still, it never gets any easier. It certainly was not easy the day I told my 53-year-old patient, a devoted father of two, that his stomach pains were not from gallstones as everyone had assumed. Whenever a doctor says “bad news,” our minds often jump to that terrible “C”-word we fear: cancer. Unfortunately for my patient, I diagnosed him with a deadly form of cancer: cholangiocarcinoma. Over the next year, I would watch him deteriorate as he was readmitted with complication after complication.

Cancer affects everyone in some way, shape or form. Whether personally or through a family member or friend, the stress and heartbreak of a cancer diagnosis is immeasurable. Which is why I was so surprised when I read that Congress would not be renewing investments in the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative dedicated to curing cancer.

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Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative is Congress' latest partisan casualty

However, with the ever-present dysfunction of Congress, maybe predictably, the program has been stalled. Some Republicans, refusing to give Biden a “win,” voted against the renewal of funding.

Even though this would be a win for all Americans – and humanity – it apparently did not outweigh the politics of making a Democrat look good. This is the definition of party over country.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-voted-against-funding-cure-090938329.html

[Deuxcents]

1. This is the definition of evil. Just plain evil so Biden doesn't get "a win"

But people with cancer can suffer. I will never understand these people. Cancer has not been diagnosed in any republican or family member..are they immune?

[Lonestarblue]

15. They don't care. I think the empathy gene is totally missing in Republicans.

It was replaced by the hate gene.

[kimbutgar]

2. I hope the Biden campaign runs an ad stating they voted against funding cures for cancer

Republicans want you, your family and friends to die from cancer for political points.

[KS Toronado]

8. Better yet how about one of the never-trumper R groups out there?

They could ask what's wrong with republican congress members? Both parties get cancer.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. All republicans want the best health care in the world. Problem is, some of the 'other side' that they don't

consider desirables in their neck of the woods, would receive this health care too, NO!). The republican health care is basically, get sick and die.

Sound familiar? It should since they didn't want a border law to be approved either.

So, it's time to remove and replace this non-functional republican reps w/ people who want to actually do good for the Country. Not these idiots.

[Cherokee100]

11. Gods will

If you get sick and die, it's Gods will. I actually had, a
'sanctified' christian, tell me that once. Of course he 'talked to God' about it.

[PatSeg]

25. Yes, I've heard similar garbage

from devout Christians. Whenever they don't have a reasonable answer for something, they interject "God's will" into the argument or the classic, "The Bible says....", as if that somehow is a valid response.

[Cherokee100]

12. Gods will

If you get sick and die, it's Gods will. I actually had, a
'sanctified' christian, tell me that once. Of course he 'talked to God' about it.

[JoseBalow]

13. Why is your god making me slap you?

Why won't your god stop me from slapping you?

[CrispyQ]

4. Heartless bastards.

[usonian]

5. Who's taking names?

But we, as voters, need to keep our priorities straight and focus on the health of our fellow Americans. Keep in mind who voted against the Moonshot Cancer initiative in the upcoming elections.

[rurallib]

27. How can I find how my local Rep voted?

I used to know bit not this time. Seems like they hide the controversial bills under misleading names.

Big thanks for any help.

[usonian]

28. Hard to piece out.

I found a Reddit post that says it was part of the big appropriation bill, but hard to see where it was cut out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1cl34r6/congress_voted_against_funding_a_cure_for_cancer/?rdt=34412

The appropriation bill's track record is here. Really hard to decipher.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vote%22%3A%22all%22%7D
Maybe we can ask DNC/bigwigs for help with this.

[rurallib]

30. Thanks for helping - now I understand why I was having so much trouble

[Silent Type]

6. Hopefully, the funding will be approved after all the election fighting. That's what happened in 2016.

[erronis]

7. Excellent book covering this: The Emperor of All Maladies - Mukherjee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_of_All_Maladies

As he so well lays out in his many very well researched chapters, the "moonshot" or other "throwing money at the problem" haven't worked very well. Cancer is still a very difficult disease to treat even with so much invested in cures or just ameliorations. There are so many types of cancers that are dependent on so many factors in each persons body and environment. Moonshots are PR material. Slow and steady research and clinical trials are helping as well as new genetic modification techniques.

[SupportSanity]

9. Remember, Trump got COVID shots when he was telling everyone not to.

Magas: Do all the normal / sane stuff in hiding so you don't upset the other Magas.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. By "Congress", I assume the author means the House of Representatives.

I'd be surprised if the Senate voted against it.

[Traurigkeit]

14. and actually meant : Republican House Representative and Republican Senators

very important to outline those that do not think about the country.

[SunSeeker]

17. REPUBLICANS did this, not "Congress" or the "House." Why do folks deflect for the GOP?

Do they think being inaccurate shows neutrality?

[TeamProg]

16. Thoroughly disgusting.

[0rganism]

18. I wonder how the Republicans will respond to the incoming "party of cancer" label

Let's see how that plays out for them in November.

[Pinback]

22. This ad writes itself. (nt)

[Grins]

19. Two classmates of mine..

One was diagnosed with liver cancer 2 years ago. He is hanging on with hope.

The other, I found out today, is in hospice and telling me, “It won’t be long” until the cancer wins.

I hate Republicans. Their pissing and moaning about the debt and deficits is because they won’t raise taxes, choosing instead, over all other needs, tax cuts.

[GiqueCee]

20. Cancer is horrible, believe me, I know...

... but it's hard – no, it's IMPOSSIBLE to imagine anything more horrible, obscene, or repulsive than someone that would put their diseased political beliefs ahead of research to save the lives of cancer victims. But then, these same vile, twisted, and truly malignant mutants put Der Party ahead of the best interests of the nation, their constituents, and even their own children, just so they can crow about gittin' over on dem libs.
Such people have NO business holding high elective office. There have to be minimum standards, a code of ethics, a test, before one can even file papers to run for office. The likes of Empty Greene, Lauren Boebert, Tom Cotton, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and hundreds of others should never have been on a ballot. We need a return to true statesmanship; we need honor and integrity restored to the deliberative bodies that govern our lives, not "politics as usual". Politics is the prostitution of statesmanship, and this isn't a fucking game of one-upmanship.
Only irredeemable sociopaths show such utter disregard for the lives of others, and this November, they have to be flushed back into the cesspool that spawned them by a Blue Tsunami more powerful than any landslide ever seen before in America. We must redeem ourselves in the eyes of the world, and commit ourselves to the betterment of all, not just corporate donors with the moral compass of rabid hyenas.

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Let's bring this up during the campaign.

Frequently.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Good Grief! Doesn't Steve Scalise have cancer?

And I was also shocked to see him on the news supporting guns since he was in critical after being shot during a congressional baseball practice. How insane are these morans?!

[TBF]

24. Republicans will choose tax cuts for themselves over helping people -

every single time.

[CaptainTruth]

26. #GOPKills

I get tired of using that hashtag but it's true.

[bmichaelh]

29. GOP puts my health at risk

I am a 35-year lymphoma survivor.

I was on my second remission when Trump tried to repeal it in 2017.
In 2019, it returned and it took 3 years before we found a treatment that worked.
The previous four treatments all failed.

This third remission would not have been possible if ACA had been repealed because I would have lost my lifetime limit protections.

Under recommendation of my oncologist, I am under management treatments which total almost $1M a year.
If a new Trump administration repeals ACA and there are no lifetime limit protections, my health will probably be at risk.