I hope you don't spend a lot of energy defending a dead dog, because I think this request is a dead dog. -- Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.) commenting May 16 to NSF director Rita Colwell about NSF's proposed budget increase of 1.3 percent for fiscal 2002. (Fed. Comp. Week, May 21) Congress scolds NSF on budget http://fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0514/web-nsf-05-17-01.asp