Republican senators promote a doubling of funds for research
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Republican senators Phil Gramm (Texas) and Connie Mack (Florida) have each proposed measures that would substantially increase government funding for science and biomedical research. However, neither has specified where the additional research funding would come from. Sen Arlen Specter (R-PA), who co-sponsors the Mack resolution, is encouraging other members of the Senate to consider alternative methods of financing since the normal appropriations process is not likely to generate the amount of money required to double the budget of the National Institutes of Health by the year 2002.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Republicans want 'junk science,' says Gore
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Vice President Al Gore criticized the Republicans' attitudes towards science at an annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to Gore, the Republicans' proposed science policy and the comments made by Republican representatives reflect their ignorance of science. He mentioned the science policy achievements of the Democratic government during its first term. Gore's comments are a way of linking science to the educational and environmental issues in Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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House Republicans float proposal for single Department of Science
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The Republican majority in the US Congress is keen on establishing a Department of Science to monitor federal science and technology programs. Favoring the elimination of four existing government departments, the Republicans argue that this single department will help restrict expenditure and improves political support for science. Scientists, however, are opposed to research funds being managed by a single department, fearing a decrease in funding resources.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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