Tagged Budget

White House budget proposal includes cuts to Medicare, increases for military

West Side Story

Feb 13, 2018

Policy, Science

Trump’s budget proposal, announced Monday, seeks large cuts to domestic programs like Medicare, in favor of increased military spending and funding for the Mexican border wall. The call for Medicare cuts comes ...

The government shutdown, and lingering budget uncertainty, obstruct science and research

West Side Story

Jan 23, 2018

Opinion, Policy, Science

On Monday, both houses of Congress voted to pass a short-term spending bill to end a government shutdown that had already lasted three days. While this means the shutdown is now over, the short-term spending bi...