so the new senate version of the stimulus bill is revealed, the one that might actually pass.
It has a lot of cuts and some reduction in taxes, but with added programs that are not in the House version.
The final version does better for science than the original compromise being floated over the last day or two
data from ScienceDebate2008 folks
their summary shows:
NASA $1.3 billion - more than House version - I'm guessing $400M for science if the changes from original Senate version are equally spread
NSF gets $1.4 billion - that is substantially less than the House version and much of the cuts seems to be in Major Research Faciltiies
NOAA gets a minor shave, still looking to do well.
DoE office of science gets nothing - as I recall there is a lot for DoE in the House version, including for ITER, ILC and PI grants. This would presumably have to be reconciled.
Now anything can happen in conference - it has happened before that science came in with significant boost and came out with nothing.
But, the starting point is good for NSF and NOAA and potentially a boost for NASA science. DoE science is now at risk - big winners in House, zero in Senate - could go either way in conference.
This will be an interesting week. I'm sure more details will come out over the next couple of days. I think I counted something like 150 proposed amendments, most of which will fail on party line, and some will be approved unchallenged.