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From a news report about a debate betweem Re. Nick Lampson (D-TX) and Pete Olson, his Republican challenger in the November election for the 22nd congressional district in the Houston area: “I’d like to address one of the congressman’s statements that he got $3 billion for NASA. That’s simply not true. Senator Kay Bailey […] President Bush has signed into law HR 6063, the NASA Authorization Act of 2008, which Congress passed in late September. It was part of a group of bills that the President signed on Wednesday, and he made no public statement about this specific bill. Beyond the funding authorizations in the bill (which are unlikely to […] Up until earlier this week, Rep. Nick Lampson was perhaps the incumbent House Democrat most in danger of losing reelection, given the demographics of his district. (Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) can probably now claim that dubious honor, for reasons that have nothing to do with district demographics). Lampson, whose district includes NASA’s Johnson Space Center, […] NASA announced thursday that it will provide an “update” Friday on next year’s scheduled launch of the Mars Science Laboratory. MSL is the giant Mars rover with a correspondingly large—and growing—price tag. As Aerospace Daily reported last week (and others have reported in recent days), budget and schedule concerns could cause MSL to miss its […] As the New York Times notes, “It’s not every day that the head of a federal agency in a Republican administration during an election year writes a glowing thank-you note to the Democratic candidate for president.” But that was the case last week, when NASA administrator Mike Griffin wrote a letter to Sen. Barack Obama […] “Flying in the teeth of White House opposition, the space agency’s congressional supporters have apparently guaranteed a 15 percent budget increase by appending the proposal to a spending measure necessary to keep the government running.” So begins an editorial in today’s Houston Chronicle, congratulating Congress for having “done its part by providing the money” for […] While most people have been preoccupied with financial bailout packages, the Senate found the time Saturday to approve HR 2638, a continiung resolution (CR) that will fund many federal agencies, including NASA, at FY 2008 levels though early March. Like the version the House approved Wednesday, the Senate version includes language that will extend NASA’s […] The House Saturday afternoon approved by voice vote the Senate version of HR 6063, the NASA authorization bill for fiscal year 2009 that the Senate passed Thursday night. The House Science and Technology Committee press release about the bill linked to above mentions a couple of key differences between this final version and the version […] An editorial in today’s New York Times endorses efforts to extend NASA’s Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) waiver in Congress. The editorial argues, in effect, the members of Congress upset with Russia’s behavior in recent months, including its invasion of Georgia, should accept a waiver extension that is in “the clear interest […] As Congress grapples with a financial bailout bill valued at as much as $700 billion, it’s little wonder that a $56-billion stimulus package announced Thursday didn’t get much attention. However, the Reid/Byrd Economic Recovery Act of 2008, named after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert C. Byrd, has a little […] |
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