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The headline means that Congress will deny the White House’s -22% request by conceding a -4%. All while the Trump administration follows the letter to skirt the spirit by changing funding from $472,000–a-year to $830,000–for-four-years, and that’s unadjusted for inflation—funding less science while spending more money.
At least Congress is trying to exercize its power of the purse, instead of just some Democrats and Independents.
Yes, and we’re focusing on the positive!
Surprisingly, analysts foresee a possible rise of more than 2 percent in the budget category known as basic research — the blue-sky variety that produces fundamental strides and spinoffs in fields such as health care and artificial intelligence.