Overall, two - thirds of next year's proposed $ 6 billion increase in overall federal research spending — a 4 % boost to $ 152 billion — would come from mandatory sources. (sciencemag.org)
Concerned that extension of a stopgap funding bill now in effect could mean the first year - to - year decline in federal research spending in at least three decades, AAAS is urging the incoming 110th Congress to complete action on fiscal year 2007 spending bills. (aaas.org)
► On Thursday, new chairs for two House of Representatives spending panels that «hold sway over large chunks of federal research spending» were announced. (sciencemag.org)