Congressional Attitudes Toward Megaprojects

At least since the debate over the SSC, Congress has urged the internationalization of megaprojects. But there's not much of a track record since then, although the U.S. has carried through with its funding for CERN. Congress has been supportive of ITER, but the project is stalled and science budgets in general are getting tighter. The next few years will set the pattern of how Congress will proceed.