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Nature 445, 130-131 (11 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/445130a; Published online 10 January 2007

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Power shift stymies US science budget

Geoff Brumfiel

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Spending plans in limbo as Democrats take over Congress.

The new Democrat-led US Congress convened on 4 January, but the changeover in power from a Republican-dominated Congress has thwarted almost anyone looking for government money. A budget impasse has erased the gains expected by several research agencies, and science advocates have launched an all-out lobbying campaign to win back the increases.