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InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush May Pump Tech in State of the Union Address President Bush is expected to call for America to regain its flagging global leadership in IT.
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IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Congress Renews R&D Tax Credit The Semiconductor Industry Association was among organizations praising Congress following its last-minute renewal of the U.S. research and development tax credit as part of broader legislation passed in December.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Stephen Barlas	Crazy About Competitiveness The U.S. Congress and the White House look to boost science and technology education in the 2007 federal budget.
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National Defense March 2012 Edward Swallow	Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bill to Boost STEM Education The chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce division spoke to Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., regarding a bill he recently introduced, the STEM Education Innovation Act.
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Geotimes November 2007 Linda Rowan	Science Legislation: America COMPETES, Geeks Rule and Everybody Wins The 110th Congress went into its August recess having successfully passed a major measure for physical science research and science and engineering education.
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InternetNews November 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech Feeling Democrats' Love House Democrats push a new agenda on broadband, stock option expensing and other tech-related issues.
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National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
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InternetNews September 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress OKs Tech-Friendly R&D Tax Credit Technology consortium had pushed for the nearly $8 billion credits as key drivers for the industry. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation.
Geotimes January 2007 Erin Gleeson	Without a Budget, NSF Loses The new Congress does not intend to pass a 2007 National Science Foundation budget, and instead plans to run the federal government on a continuing resolution for all of fiscal year 2007.
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Chemistry World July 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies get extra millions The US research community has won an extra $400 million for four science agencies, after successfully arguing that the nation's scientific enterprise is in a state of emergency.
InternetNews July 28, 2006 Roy Mark	A Healthy House Vote For IT After languishing in two different committees for months, the U.S. House Thursday finally approved the Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005.
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