POLICY

摘要

The US House of Representatives slashed billions of dollars from government science and environmental-protection agencies in a bill passed on 19 February. With the current federal budget expiring on 4 March, the bill was a continuing resolution to fund the government until the 2011 fiscal year ends in September. The Senate is likely to reject the bill when it returns from recess on 28 February, but the landscape of cuts offers clues to Republican targets in the budget battle ahead.