May 9, 2003

Lawmakers Seek More Money for Science Foundation

Members of Congress are trying to do something about the lackluster growth of the National Science Foundation's proposed $5.121-billion budget for the 2004 fiscal year.

Last year, Sherwood L. Boehlert and other members of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives scored a victory when President Bush signed legislation that put the NSF on track to double its budget by 2007. But there's a big difference between what Congress authorizes to be spent and what it

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