Senate Debate on CJS Bill Unlikely to Finish Today
Congress Daily (subscription required) reports that the Senate is not likely to complete its consideration of the FY2010 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847) today. The controversial issues that slowed action are not related to the space program. The publication quotes Senator Mikulski as saying that action probably will not be completed until next week.
The full text of today’s debate will be available in the Congressional Record that will be published tomorrow, but Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) issued a press release with the text of his floor statement. He called on President Obama to provide $3 billion more for NASA in FY2010 from stimulus funding, a position taken by most of the Texas congressional delegation in a letter to the President earlier this week. He also expressed support for commercial space companies.
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