Abstract
Last Wednesday, two leading senators jointly introduced a bipartisan bill authori2ing a doubling of the federal science and technology budget over 10 years, beginning in 1999. The senators were Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), on opposite sides of most issues but together on this one. Propelling them was a major effort by 106 science and engineering societies, coordinated by the American Chemical Society, which at the same time released a statement calling for the budget doubling. The bill, S. 1305, the National Research Investment Act of 1998, was announced by Gramm and Lieberman at a ceremony that included leaders of dozens of the societies that endorsed the legislation. These senators were joined by Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.), chairman of the Budget Committee, who said he would be a cosponsor. Action on the measure will begin early next year. Based on the fiscal 1998 estimate of $34 billion for basic research and ...
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