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U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Texas congressman uses porn to kill science funding
But its also clear that those rules can be abused. In the case of U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX), abuse isnt nearly a big enough word. Cynically manipulated might be a bit better. He killed a bill that would fund science innovation and education by tying it to punishing people who look at porn at work.
Midterm results spell belt tightening for science - Physics Today Politics and Policy
Tuesday's election results have cut the number of physicists in the House of Representatives from three to one.
Most science funding is discretionary and is already suffering due to a number of factors:
the drying up of stimulus funds, which boosted R&D funding at federal and academic institutions over the last two years
cuts in state funding of universities
the failure of Congress to pass a 2010 federal budget
President Obama's proposed three-year budget freeze, which he plans to implement next year
Hall also tried to put a poison pill in the reauthorization of the 2007 America COMPETES Act, which aimed to improve science education.
House Republicans are expected to use the science committee as a platform to subpoena Obama administration officials and try and put a monkey wrench in the works over a number of bills related to science, including proposed climate-change legislation.
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This 87 year old guy now heads the "Congressional Science and Technology Committee". This is the Republican view of science. Why do they keep calling 6% a lie??????????????????
U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Texas congressman uses porn to kill science funding
But its also clear that those rules can be abused. In the case of U.S. Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX), abuse isnt nearly a big enough word. Cynically manipulated might be a bit better. He killed a bill that would fund science innovation and education by tying it to punishing people who look at porn at work.
Midterm results spell belt tightening for science - Physics Today Politics and Policy
Tuesday's election results have cut the number of physicists in the House of Representatives from three to one.
Most science funding is discretionary and is already suffering due to a number of factors:
the drying up of stimulus funds, which boosted R&D funding at federal and academic institutions over the last two years
cuts in state funding of universities
the failure of Congress to pass a 2010 federal budget
President Obama's proposed three-year budget freeze, which he plans to implement next year
Hall also tried to put a poison pill in the reauthorization of the 2007 America COMPETES Act, which aimed to improve science education.
House Republicans are expected to use the science committee as a platform to subpoena Obama administration officials and try and put a monkey wrench in the works over a number of bills related to science, including proposed climate-change legislation.
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This 87 year old guy now heads the "Congressional Science and Technology Committee". This is the Republican view of science. Why do they keep calling 6% a lie??????????????????