Word: congresses
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Because NIH grants not only create jobs for researchers but also frequently result in new products and treatments, funding for the NIH generates more than double its cost in economic output. This is exactly the sort of intelligent stimulus that Congress should be using to combat the current recession...
Biomedical research is a public good that would not receive enough funding if left to private companies, so government support of such research is essential. In order to continue researching important treatments and keep America on the cutting edge of scientific development, Congress must continue to adequately fund institutions like...
Early in January, Harvard president Drew Faust, along with other members of the Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative, urged Congress to include increased funding for the NIH, the NSF, and other scientific research agencies in the stimulus package. They cited the job growth that additional funding would stimulate as well as the benefits funding for more research would create in the long-term. Congress’s positive response to this, and other appeals for more funding, is heartening...
When the government provided GM and Chrysler with $13.4 billion to support their operations though the first quarter, a number of members of Congress objected to the bailout which has been estimated to carry a $34 billion price...
...circumstances of the failing U.S. auto market make it significantly more likely that GM and Chrysler will not get the funds they want to stay independent. The federal government may force them into Chapter 11 while providing funds to keep them operating indefinitely. Congress and the Administration may decide that supporting Detroit is necessary because closing the firms would put so many people onto the unemployment line. More job losses, of course, would in large part negate the goal of the stimulus plan to add three to four million new jobs to the economy over the next two years. From...