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Science 9 March 2001:
Vol. 291. no. 5510, pp. 1882 - 1884
DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5510.1882

News Focus

POLICY:
Science Lobbyists Aim for Better Balanced Budget

David Malakoff

President George W. Bush's lopsided budget request to Congress, released on 28 February, showers biomedical science with cash and largely snubs the physical sciences. Despite the disparity, few science lobbyists are openly complaining. Instead, they are stepping up efforts to convince Congress to rewrite the budgets of the National Science Foundation and other losers in the opening round of the 2002 budget contest.

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