The Senate recently passed an amendment to the 2008 commerce bill. NASA has been granted an additional $1 billion to compensate for the financial burden caused after the Columbia accident and Hurricane Katrina. This means that the total 2008 CJS bill provides $17.5 billion for NASA. The space shuttle is fully funded at $4 billion and the space station at $2.2 billion.
The funny thing about this story is that the Bush administration is now threatening to veto the bill because the Senate has included $3.2 billion in additional spending above the request made by the White House.
You have to love a country where the President is willing to veto something because he was given more than he asked for.
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