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Congress Rolls Back the Sequester on Science, at Least for Now

January 15, 2014/In: FY14 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

House and Senate negotiators have actually succeeded in reaching agreement on final numbers for all 12 outstanding FY 14 appropriations bills packaged into one omnibus bill (HR 3547) and, at first glance — considering the current budget environment and how bad things could have been — it’s not awful. Here’s a quick summary: NSF — […]

CRA & Science Community Advocacy Starting Out the New Year

With all the should-have-always-been-done-this-way good budget news coming out of Congress, we wanted to let our members know more details on what is likely to happen early in the 2014 calendar year. As of publication, both the House and Senate have passed the budget agreement without major changes. This will allow the appropriations process to […]

Happy Holidays — We Might Have a Budget Deal!

December 11, 2013/In: Funding, FY14 Appropriations, FY15 Appropriations, Policy /by Peter Harsha

House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) announced Tuesday afternoon that they’d reached an agreement on FY 2014 and FY 2015 budget numbers that would avert sequester levels by providing about $63 billion of cap relief over both years. That sequester relief includes $22 billion for non-defense discretionary spending […]