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The presidential campaign of Republican Senator John McCain released its economic reform plan today, including its proposals to trim federal spending to help balance the budget by 2013. Part of the proposal would be a one-year freeze on non-defense, non-veterans discretionary spending: A one-year pause in the growth of discretionary spending will be imposed […] Since late last year a group called Science Debate 2008 has been trying to get the presidential candidates to participate, as their name suggests, in a debate devoted exclusively to science issues. Those efforts haven’t panned out yet, so instead the group released a set of 14 questions for the presidential candidates on science issues. […] Let’s say you’re in a town hall meeting with a presidential candidate, itching to ask a question about space policy. If you get your chance, some advice: don’t blow it by rambling on and on, as one person did at a John McCain town hall meeting in Pennsylvania, according to the BBC: At first […] The Committee for the Advocacy of Space Exploration, which was established a couple months ago as a PAC “devoted to the promotion of a robust American space program”, has issued its first endorsements of the 2008 campaign. The group has formally endorsed the reelection of Reps. Nick Lampson (D-TX) and Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), both members […] New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s presidential campaign sputtered out earlier this year, but the campaign found at least one alternative use for the money it raised. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported Thursday that the campaign donated $10,000 to efforts to get a spaceport sales tax approved in Sierra County, New Mexico, in April. That donation […] Earlier this week I had the opportunity to participate in a “bloggers’ roundtable” organized by the Discovery Channel with Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan. the event was intended to promote their current documentary series about the space program, “When We Left Earth”, but the door was open to other questions about Cernan and the past and […] Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) is facing a rather strong challenge in his bid for another term in the House, and what he has done—or not done—for space could play a role in the outcome, the Orlando Sentinel reported Thursday. His Democratic challenger, Suzanne Kosmas, is arguing that Feeney has not done enough to save jobs […] Republican presidential candidate John McCain is willing to spend more money on NASA and consider human exploration of Mars, according to a report on washingtonpost.com. McCain, meeting with Florida newspaper editors, said, “I’d be willing to spend more taxpayers dollars” on NASA. How much more money, he doesn’t say (or at least washingtonpost.com doesn’t report), […] Sen. Bill Nelson said last month that he had been talking to Barack Obama about space policy and taking credit for changes in Obama’s recent statements. But Nelson is not the only member of Congress counseling Obama on space issues. Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL), whose district includes NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, told the Birmingham […] |
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