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As White House talks about impounding NASA funding, Congress takes the threat seriously: "NASA appears to be acting in accordance with a fringe, extremist ideology."


“NASA appears to be acting in accordance with a fringe, extremist ideology.”…

NASA appears to be acting in accordance with a fringe, extremist ideology emanating from the White House Office of Management and Budget that asserts a right to impound funds appropriated by Congress for the sake of executive branch priorities. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, just moved a bill that backs NASA's existing plans and has emerged as a key supporter of the agency. Or was Trump's talk about a grand plan for Mars effectively dead when Elon Musk left Washington D.C, and Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead the space agency was thrown out of the airlock?

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