effort to distract attention from the House Majority's actual record of support for biomedical research --a record which has been dismal in recent years." Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) said that the bill was "a disingenuous and empty attempt by the Republicans to divert attention from the fact that they have voted to cut research time and time again." Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) noted that "it's hard to imagine that there would be any objection to moving these funds to something we can all agree is a high priority - pediatric research." The bill was opposed by some campaign finance reform groups who were skeptical that the money would actually be appropriated to the NIH. See also List of bills in the 113th United States Congress Presidential election campaign fund checkoff United States presidential nominating convention Notes/References External links Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 2019 beta.congress.gov H.R. 2019 GovTrack.us H.R. 2019 OpenCongress.org H.R. 2019 WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 2019 House Republican Conference's legislative digest on H.R. 2019 Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 2019 United States federal health legislation United States federal election legislation Acts of the 113th United States Congress United States presidential nominating conventions