As First Lady (not an elected official), she had hundreds of FBI files on political opponents in her possession. Google filegate
Just to address the first issue you brought up. Here's a graphic. Note the general trend for NIH (bottom bar) is a steady gain upwards, with a few plateaus and slight reductions. We spent a whole lot more money in FY 16 dollars in 2004 than we did in 1981. I don't see a drastic reduction in medical research funding. Do you? http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/TotRes;.jpg