Editing Eric Cantor (section)

===Legislation===
Cantor was a strong supporter of the [[Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act]], which he was the one to name in Gabriella Miller's honor.<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/> The bill, which passed in both the House and the Senate, would end taxpayer contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and divert the money in that fund to pay for research into [[Childhood cancer|pediatric cancer]] through the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref name=WPgabriellastory>{{cite news|last=Gibson|first=Caitlin|title=Federal pediatric medical research act named for Gabriella Miller|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/federal-pediatric-medical-research-act-named-for-gabriella-miller/2013/11/14/f87b42e0-4d72-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2019cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 2019 – CBO|url=http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr2019.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> The total funding for research would come to $126&nbsp;million over 10 years.<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/><ref name="2019cbo"/> As of 2014, the [[United States presidential nominating convention|national conventions]] got about 23% of their funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.<ref name=HooperConventionWipeout>{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=Molly K.|title=Convention wipeout coming soon?|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/196920-convention-wipeout/|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=January 30, 2014}}</ref> Cantor said that the bill "clearly reflects Congressional priorities in funding: medical research before political parties and conventions".<ref name="WPgabriellastory"/>