Roxboro House Roundtables

Congressional Funding And Health Policy: Listen to nationally known archives expert and Arlen Specter Center research fellow, Dr. Sean Kelly of California State University, Channel Islands, discuss with the panel how Congressional funding affects policy, law and practice. Dr. Kelly discussed how the interaction of the democratic process and personal beliefs of politicians influences federal funding and how that impacts healthcare and practice in the United States. More particularly, the panel discussed how President G.W. Bush’s ban of federal funding for stem cell research negatively affected the advancement of research in that area. Further Dr. Kelly discussed with the panel how provisions within funding bills have seriously impacted a woman’s right to choose.