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CRA Statement Opposing America COMPETES Reauthorization Act

April 22, 2015/In: CRA, Funding, FY16 Appropriations, Policy, Statements /by Peter Harsha

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology is currently marking up the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806), introduced by Committee Chair Lamar Smith (R-TX) — a bill designed to provide three key science agencies with authorizations for funding for FY 2016 and FY 2017 and implement other policies. The bill is cast as […]

Dept of Energy FY16 Request: Very Good but Will Congress Approve?

February 6, 2015/In: FY16 Appropriations, Policy /by Brian Mosley

President Obama released his annual budget request on Monday February 2nd (interesting note: Fiscal Year 2016 is the first time his administration released the budget on time). As we have done in years past, the CRA Policy Blog will be doing a series of posts on the assorted budget requests for key science agencies, particularly […]

2015 Outlook: What do we know, and what are we thinking of, the 114th Congress?

January 7, 2015/In: FY16 Appropriations, Policy /by Brian Mosley

With the Fiscal Year 2015 budget finally settled, and a new calendar year ahead of us, the question becomes what will the new 114th Congress, which was sworn into office on Monday, look like and how will they operate? As you will recall, the Republican Party now has a majority of 54 seats in the […]