Congressional budget resolutions--the Republicans' opening shots in the battle to cut the defictit--are drawing fire from science groups and the Clinton Administration. The research community isn't usually known for aggressive political lobbying. ButRepublican plans- to reshuffle research agencies and cut funding for science, which are moving quickly through Congress (Science, 19 May, p. 964), drew an uncharacteristically sharp response last week, as academic and industry groups began mobilizing tofight the proposals. The proposed cuts, included in budget resolutions aimed at eliminating the federal budget deficit by 2002, also came under heavy fire from the Clinton Administration in an attack that highlights the growing partisan gulf in Washington over government-sponsored research.
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