Support is growing in the US Congress for a bill that would dramatically increase spending on research into Parkinson's disease by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - despite the opposition of leading NIH officials who dislike congressional mandates. The bill, named after Morris K. Udall, a popular former congressman, has 42 Senate co-sponsors and 1.76 supporters in the House of Representatives, ranging from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats - a "dream" list, according to one Senate aide. Between 1 and 1.5 million Americans are believed to suffer from Parkinson's disease. One estimate puts the cost of their care at $25 billion a year. The bill authorizes more than $100 million a year for Parkinson's research over five years, compared to $28 million at present.
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机译：美国国会越来越支持这项法案，该法案将大大增加美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）对帕金森氏病进行研究的支出，尽管美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）主要官员反对国会的授权。一项以参议院议员莫里斯·乌德尔（Morris K. Udall）命名的法案在众议院拥有42名参议院共同提案国和1.76名支持者，从保守派共和党人到自由民主党派-这是一个“梦想”名单，据一位参议院助手称。据信，有1到150万美国人患有帕金森氏病。据估计，他们的护理费用每年为250亿美元。该法案授权帕金森在五年内每年进行超过1亿美元的研究，而目前为2800万美元。
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