The Sen­ate today passed its Com­merce, Jus­tice, Sci­ence, and Related Agen­cies (CJS) 2012 Appro­pri­a­tions Bill, which includes full fund­ing for the embat­tled James Webb Space Tele­scope, the Hub­ble suc­ces­sor that will be run largely out of the Space Tele­scope Sci­ence Insti­tute (STscI) in Bal­ti­more. U.S. Sen. Bar­bara Mikul­ski, a long­time sci­ence advo­cate, chairs the CJS Sub­com­mit­tee and has been push­ing for the Webb since Con­gress pro­posed cut­ting its fund­ing in July.

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