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Currently, students who take out Stafford loansare exempt from paying interest on their loansuntil six months after they graduate. If thebudget blueprint is eventually passed, studentswould be forced to pay the interest that accruedwhile they were still in school...
...more recently, Sen. Mark O. Hatfield(R-Ore.), chair of the Senate AppropriationsCommittee, introduced two amendments to thebudget, either one of which would partiallyrestore the 10 percent cut in NIH funding assumedin the Domenici budget, leaving a cut of $1.7billion over the next seven years...
Although Rep. Robert S. Walker (R-Pa.), thecommittee's chair, is a strong supporter of basicscience research. He also advocates cutting thebudget deficit, Sabatine says...
...part of the Contract but was adescription of one possible way to get to thebudget cuts," he says. "Other than SocialSecurity, nothing is off the table, includingdefense...
...package would also drop the portion of thebudget earmarked for grants from 60 to 50 percent.Despite the percentage decrease, the larger budgetwould increase the council's grants spending byapproximately $18,000 annually...