They quickly convinced Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) to block USDA action by adding a ban to the 2001 agricultural appropriations bill (Science, 13 October 2000, p. 243).
Senator Lautenberg serves on three Senate committees: Appropriations; Commerce, Science and Transportation; and Environment and Public Works.
Facing the threat of sequestration and declining appropriations, federal science funding agencies from the NIH to NSF and DoD and others are considering how to deal with such downturns.
Proper training of our law enforcement officers is crucial to help prevent tragedies before they occur, which is why I recently offered and passed an amendment to the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016.
But that's exactly what the 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, released today by the House Appropriations Committee, threatens to do.
The House figure is expected to be voted on tomorrow morning by the commerce, justice, and science appropriations subcommittee chaired by Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA).
At least a few people think a lasting boost in the regular appropriations for some science agencies is a real possibility, according to a well-informed Washington observer we'll call Polly C. Wonk.
Bolden was first grilled by Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA), chair of the commerce, justice, and science appropriations subcommittee, over alleged lapses of security at NASA, which Wolf and many others believe has made the agency vulnerable to espionage by China.
The House commerce, justice, and science appropriations subcommittee will vote tomorrow on a $50 billion spending bill that would eliminate the entire $900-million increase that President Barack Obama has requested for NSF for 2012.
The outlook for a large increase in basic science appropriations looks less hopeful to another knowledgeable Washington hand, this one with a real name: Dave Moore, senior director for government relations at the Association of American Medical Colleges.
