Twelve BILLION Dollars!

[littlemissmartypants]

President Biden will soon be signing an order to commit to women’s health, live now in D.C. Twelve Billion Dollars! Thank you, Dr. Biden. Thank you, Maria Shriver. Most of all...

Thank you, President Biden. We love you.

Though it's long overdue he's stepping up now for women and girls in ways no other president has ever done.

Happy Women’s History Month!



I'm crying.

❤️pants
GOTV!

[TSExile]

1. Some great news for a change!!

At last, one man in power who doesn't see women as subservient breeder cows.

[getagrip_already]

2. An EO, not a bill?

Still good news, but wtf congress? Doesn't the gop need woman voters?

That's rhetorical of course.

[WillParkinson]

18. Does the GOP need women voters?

As breeding stock, yes. That's about it.

[Takket]

3. What does the order do? I have not heard about this.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Here you go...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143210874

[et tu]

5. great!

now how about the era amendment???????

[jaxexpat]

6. Congratulations, planet. It's official policy to accept and support women as equals in the USA.

Millions of years in the making. If we could remove the caveman ballast blocking the road, we could move with this.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Hold the celebration just a bit.

IIRC, executive orders tell agencies in the executive branch what to do.

Appropriations arise within the House of Representatives. Anything involving $12 billion has to start there. I will leave it to a cartoon to explain the sausage-making process by which a bill becomes law.

[58Sunliner]

8. K and R!!

[calimary]

9. Wow!!!

DOUBLE great news!

First, all the trump troubles and now THIS!!!

Best Monday in memory!!!

[liberalla]

10. Wow! That is wonderful!

Thanks Joe!

[surfered]

11. Women rule!

At least the one in our house does.

[True Dough]

12. Only a month?

Women's history should be celebrated all year long! And not just the history part!

[littlemissmartypants]

16. ❤️

[spanone]

13. K&R

[Farmer-Rick]

14. Hold on

I'm sure the Supremes will come along any minute declaring this unconstitutional.....just wait for it.

[summer_in_TX]

15. President Biden signed executive orders. One news source said he's requesting the funding from Congress.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday to expand research on women’s health care, including strengthening data standards.

The president also announced more than 20 new actions and commitments by federal agencies, including $200 million for research at the National Institutes of Health. The White House described the investments as a first step toward a “Fund on Women’s Health” that Biden called on Congress to invest in during his State of the Union address this month.

First lady Jill Biden’s announced $100 million in funding for women’s health last month.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-executive-order-boost-womens-health-research-rcna143829


So millions, not billions. I could not tell if he is using money already appropriated, or if much of it remains to be appropriated.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. It's 12 Billion plus $200 million (added for specifics noted here) here's a source...

Biden expands women's health research, adds $200 million for sexual, reproductive issues
By Trevor Hunnicutt
March 18, 20246:21 PM EDT

President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Monday that expands U.S. government research on women's health, while pledging $200 million next year to better understand issues, including sexual and reproductive conditions.
Snip...
"Biden has asked Congress for $12 billion in new funding for women's health research..."
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The administration will spend the $200 million investment announced on Monday during the 2025 fiscal year, which starts this October, if Congress grants the funding levels Biden has requested.

Snip...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-pushes-expansion-womens-health-research-2024-03-18/

[wendyb-NC]

17. Thank you

This is a another historical accomplishment by the Biden Administration. Yay, 4 more years....

[MichMan]

19. A presidential EO authorizing $12 billion in spending would certainly qualify as historical for sure