· amid the stalemate, a bipartisan group of centrist house and senate members proposed compromise frameworks aimed at lowering insurance costs and protecting certain programs, but leadership and presidential signaling kept final votes elusive. Here’s what to know. Scientists who rely on federal funding and resources are unsure how to work with the government. Even with those offsets, the ensuing reconciliation bill would add $2. 8 trillion to deficits through 2034 before interest. Before beginning to work with the numbers in the budget and revenue proposals, respondents were presented with a background briefing on some of the issues surrounding the federal budget and asked to assess competing arguments on the issues prevalent in the political discourse on the budget. · president donald trump is asking congress to slash $163 billion in overall spending in his budget proposal. · actions such as canceling grants, dismissing agency heads, and proposing massive budget cuts upended the federal process for funding us research in 2025. · the house-adopted fiscal year (fy) 2025 budget resolution calls for up to $2 trillion in spending cuts as partial offsets for $4. 8 trillion of tax cuts and spending increases. Failure to reconcile competing priorities leads to a lapse in government funding. Two major, and costly, initiatives stood at the center of the debate , creating a legislative impasse.

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