An article by CongressDailyPM, published on GovExec.com, discusses the negotiations on an omnibus FY 2005 budget bill that would include funding for NASA. The article notes that the Bush Administration “was likely to receive close to its full requests” for NASA funding, after the House cut $1.1 billion from the proposed budget. The article doesn’t mention, however, whether all of the major programs would be fully funded, or if NASA’s total budget would simply be about the same as the original request, with some redistribution of funding among the various programs (perhaps, for example, to accommodate shuttle RTF or Hubble repair work at the expense of exploration or other programs.) The article adds that while there’s hope that the budget can be wrapped up by November 20 (when the current continuing resolution expires), there is some skepticism that this can be achieved.
