Sentences with phrase «hefty budget increases»

On a related note, Warren Cornwall wrote on Wednesday that «[f] ederal energy research could get a financial shot in the arm under a bipartisan energy bill, passed by the U.S. Senate [that day] on an 85 to 12 vote, which calls for hefty budget increases for science.

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But he drew the line at adding billions to the state's already swollen education budget, which likely would have required a hefty tax increase.

That sounds like a hefty increase for a domestic research agency when the economy is in a slump, a war against Iraq looms, and the budget deficit is growing.

To offset years of declining budgets and keep Dutch science competitive, the scientific community had been lobbying for a hefty boost in science spending; instead, the new budget contained a very modest increase.