Congress rejected the Trump administration's proposals for massive cuts to the budgets of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).[1][3] These proposals included, for example, cutting funding to the NIH by $17.97 billion and the CDC by $3.59 billion.[1] Scientists are relieved by this decision.[1] Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.[1] Congress is forcing the Trump administration to spend on science and health.[1] According to some sources, HHS, which includes the NIH and the CDC, will receive $74 billion.[5]