2007 BUDGET GETS SCROOGED

摘要

DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS have proposed freezing most agency budgets at 2006 levels for the rest of fiscal 2007.Their plan is to pass a continuing resolution on federal spending that lasts until the fiscal year expires on Sept.30,2007.Federal research funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health would end up operating for the rest of fiscal 2007 with the same amount of money they had for 2006.