IP: BUDGET I: "NO SCIENCE, NO SURPLUS: What's New for Apr 06, 2001

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>1. BUDGET I: "NO SCIENCE, NO SURPLUS."  Within Republican ranks
>supporters of a strong science program have been speaking up, and
>it seems the President is listening.  First came a widely quoted
>New York Times op-ed by Allan Bromley, "Science and Surpluses"
>(WN 09 Mar 01).  Bromley observed that the estimated $5.6
>trillion surplus over a decade, which is supposed to bankroll the
>Bush program, must come from scientific innovation.  "No science,
>no surplus," Bromley declared, "It's that simple."  Yesterday,
>Bromley's line was quoted in an editorial in the widely-read
>Capital Hill newspaper, "Roll Call."  Meanwhile, a letter to Rep.
>Young, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, signed by
>both Republican and Democratic members, urged that science
>agencies, and the NSF in particular, be given high priority in
>the budget, putting them back on the doubling track.  The House
>Science Committee expressed concern about the "minuscule" budget
>increase for NSF in its Views and Estimates report.  The report
>was signed by all but three of the Republicans on the Committee.



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