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A reader was kind enough to send me a comparison between what the House Appropriations Committee approved yesterday for NASA in its joint funding resolution (the official name for the year-long continuing resolution, or CR) and what the administration asked for almost exactly a year ago in its proposed FY2007 budget: Area Joint Funding Res. […] The House Appropriations Committee today approved a joint funding resolution for the remainder of the 2007 fiscal year that does not contain any additional funding for NASA. The plan, announced in December by the incoming chairman of the House and Senate appropriations committees, was to basically extend the continuing resolutions that had been funding much […] Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), speaking yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, criticized the Bush Administration for its “muted response” to the Chinese ASAT test earlier this month. “Key policy makers seem oblivious to the nature and the urgency of the threat,” the AP quoted Kyl as saying. Kyl blamed the response in large part on the […] It’s a bit of a late notice, but for those of you in the DC area who are free at lunch today, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) will speak at a Heritage Foundation event titled “Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapons and American National Security”. According to the event announcement: Experts quoted in the media have suggested that China […] Yesterday’s announcement of subcommittee assignments for the House Science and Technology Committee and Senate Commerce Committee is a reminder to look at the status of the key appropriations subcommittees. For the Commerce, Justice, and Science subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, its membership is as follows: Democrats: Chair: Alan B. Mollohan (WV) Patrick J. Kennedy […] On the same day that the House Science and Technology Committee announced its committee membership and subcommittee assignments, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, announced its subcommittee structure and leadership assignments. The “Science and Space” subcommittee is now called the “Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences” subcommittee (other sciences are covered by the “Science, Technology, […] The House Science and Technology Committee today announced its roster of members and subcommittee assignments. As expected, Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) will be the chairman of the space and aeronautics committee, with Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) becoming the ranking minority member, flip-flopping the roles the two had in the previous Congress. The rest of the […] Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO) announced yesterday that he will not seek a third term in 2008. Allard has been a supporter of military space issues in the Senate and was chairman of the strategic forces subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the last Congress; he also served (along with Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA)) […] Congressman Nick Lampson didn’t win a seat on the House Appropriations Committee, as he may have desired, but has won a consolation prize by being named to the House Science and Technology Committee. Subcommittee assignments have not been announced (nor the full list of members of the whole committee, for that matter) but most likely […] As part of a rules package passed by the House yesterday, the House Science Committee has been renamed the Science and Technology Committee. Committee chairman Bart Gordon announced the change, as well as a redesigned web site (note the new URL) that looks essentially the same as the site for the committee’s Democratic Caucus in […] |
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