minus-squareAatube@thriv.socialMtoUplifting News@lemmy.world•Congress Is Reversing Trump’s Steep Budget Cuts to SciencelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe headline means that Congress will deny the White House’s -22% request by conceding a -4%. All while the Trump administration follows the letter to skirt the spirit by changing funding from $472,000–a-year to $830,000–for-four-years, and that’s unadjusted for inflation—funding less science while spending more money. At least Congress is trying to exercize its power of the purse, instead of just some Democrats and Independents. linkfedilink
The headline means that Congress will deny the White House’s -22% request by conceding a -4%. All while the Trump administration follows the letter to skirt the spirit by changing funding from $472,000–a-year to $830,000–for-four-years, and that’s unadjusted for inflation—funding less science while spending more money.
At least Congress is trying to exercize its power of the purse, instead of just some Democrats and Independents.