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Science & Tech Investments in the Stimulus Package

The science- and technology-related spending items in the House and Senate versions of the stimulus bill appear below.  These two versions of the bill will now be brought into conformity with each other by the conference committee.  The conferees are:  


Senate
Harry Reid (D-NV) Senate Majority Leader
Max Baucus (D-MT) Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Thad Cochran (R-MS) Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee 		House
David Obey (D-WI) Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations
Charles Rangel (D-NY) Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
Henry Waxman (D-CA) Chairman, Energy and Commerce Committee
Dave Camp (R-MI) Ranking Member, House Committee on Appropriations
Jerry Lewis (R-CA) Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee

Below numbers are corrected as of 2/11/09 to reflect Specter/Harkin floor amendment to add $6.5 billion to NIH, which did not appear in Nelson/Collins working group document but which we have confirmed from sources that it survived the cuts, and to remove portions of AHRQ not going through NIH.  The AAAS has an excellent analysis that goes into greater detail here.  We will provide further details on the conference bill as we learn them. -- *** 2/12/09 UPDATE -- FINAL BILL NUMBERS ARE HERE

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