R&D budget takes shape in Congress, piece by piece

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The House Appropriations Committee voted on science spending for FY 1996. The NOAA budget was cut 10%, and a 5.7% increase for the NIH may be rejected by the Senate. Rep Jerry Lewis' bill to cut space science and close three NASA centers was abandoned, under the influence of Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Finance, United States. National Institutes of Health, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations

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Heavy hitters anchor the AAAS lineup at annual meeting

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Vice Pres Gore urged scientists to rally against GOP efforts to [destroy] federal research budgets. National Science Foundation director Neal Lane asked scientists to reach out to make research a priority on the public's agenda. Frans de Waal discussed his study on chimpanzee morality.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Behavior, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chimpanzees, Gore, Albert, Jr.

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NSF's hopes filibustered

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Democrats withdrew Pres Bill Clinton's emergency supplemental bill. The bill would have provided $207 to NSF, $64 million to the Commerce Dept's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and $14 million to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

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