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Space Policy Edition: The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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How Minority Parties Influence Appropriations

In the Senate, you've got a lot more power in the minority than you do in the House. But that's like at a very high level blunt instrument, right? It drives down to the lowest level because your goal is to get 60 or more votes for this bill. In the minority or in the majority, we write together. We try to listen to the same input so that when we are making decisions, we can come from a similar place.

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