Senate votes makes Nat'l Science Foundation's "...study of democracy & public policy out of bounds"
Senate Delivers a Devastating Blow to the Integrity of the Scientific Process at the National Science Foundation
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the American Political Science Association:
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This afternoon, the United States Senate delivered a devastating blow to the integrity of the scientific process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) by voting for the Coburn Amendment to the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013.
Senator Coburn (R-OK) submitted an amendment (SA 65, as modified) to the Mikulski-Shelby Amendment (SA 26) to H.R. 933 (Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013). The amendment places unprecedented restriction on the national research agenda by declaring the Senate Delivers a Devastating Blow to the Integrity of the Scientific Process at the National Science Foundation
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WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the American Political Science Association:
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120604/DC18511LOGO-b )
This afternoon, the United States Senate delivered a devastating blow to the integrity of the scientific process at the National Science Foundation (NSF) by voting for the Coburn Amendment to the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013.
Senator Coburn (R-OK) submitted an amendment (SA 65, as modified) to the Mikulski-Shelby Amendment (SA 26) to H.R. 933 (Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013). The amendment places unprecedented restriction on the national research agenda by declaring the political science study of democracy and public policy out of bounds. The amendment allows only political science research that promotes "national security or the economic interests of the United States.".
The amendment allows only political science research that promotes "national security or the economic interests of the United States."
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