
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Thursday voted 30-0 to send its fiscal year 2015 bill for the commerce, justice, science and related agencies (CJS) subcommittee to the full Senate. The bill includes nearly $17.9 billion for NASA, $439 million more than requested in President Barack Obama’s budget request. Other bill highlights include $3 billion for the International Space Station (ISS), down from the $3.05 billion requested, and $805 million for the Commercial Crew program, down from the $848 million requested.…