Teahadists to attack science spending........

[Joanne98]

WASHINGTON — The takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives by Republicans promising a new era of fiscal restraint has spawned concerns that NASA’s budget will suffer, but lawmakers poised to assume key committee chairmanships next year have been strong supporters of the space agency.

As of press time, the Republicans had picked up 60 seats in the House as a result of the Nov. 2 elections, well above the 39 needed to regain the majority when the new Congress convenes in January. While the Senate will remain under Democratic control, Republicans picked up seats in that chamber as well.

Opinions vary on what the House leadership change means for NASA, although there is some agreement that the agency, already struggling with a mismatch between the programs it is charged with executing and the funding it has available, will face additional downward pressure on its budget. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), for example, the presumptive speaker of the House, has pledged to cut domestic federal spending to 2008 levels, a move that could put the $19 billion authorized by Congress for NASA in 2011 in jeopardy. Boehner voted against that measure, which ultimately passed and was signed into law by U.S. President Barack Obama Oct. 11.

“We’re ready to cut spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving taxpayers $100 billion almost immediately,” Boehner said in a weekly Republican address Oct. 30. “And we’re ready to put in place strict budget caps that limit spending from here on out, to ensure that Washington is no longer on this spending binge.”

http://www.spacenews.com/policy/101103-election-brings-new-leadership-nasa-oversight-committees.html

[kevinbgoode]

1. And since that means NASA will likely have to cut jobs,

what does the Orange Man intend to do about that? Outsource our space engineers to China?

[Joanne98]

2. Yes. The Chamber probably already promised our space jobs to China.

Now all the traitorous scum Republicans will have to deliver.

[LeftishBrit]

3. In the UK, there is a campaign against science cuts...

www.scienceisvital.org.uk


which has probably led to the government cutting science funding less than was originally planned.

[and-justice-for-all]

4. When they cut it, NASA should cancel all the Governent projects

FIRST. You want a new spy satellite in orbit, well to bad, we can not afford it.

[GoCubsGo]

5. The writers at Space News need a lesson in civics.

Not to mention that they have apparently been paying way too much attention to the lying MSM. The republicans have only gained control of the House. They do not control the Senate or the White House, as much as our whore media would like you to think they do. Congressional rethugs may cut the Science budgets, but this all has to be passed in the Senate. The Democrats control the Senate. If they are stupid enough to let budget cuts slide, they still have to survive the President's veto pen.

The only thing that is going to happen over the next two years, as far as the science budget and everything else goes, is gridlock. Period. NOTHING is going to happen.