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Nature 421, 774 (20 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421774a

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Researchers fear the future as Congress settles 2003 budget

Hannah Hoag

Four-and-a-half months into the financial year, US research agencies finally know how much money they can spend this year.The appropriations bill for 2003, which should have been agreed last October, was finally passed by both houses of Congress on 13 February.