Is Sen. Shelby Helping or Hurting NASA?

Sen. Richard Shelby: Obama pick for top NASA job is capable, Huntsville Times
“I look forward to meeting with him and working with him. The confirmation process will have to take place, and I’m not making any predictions or judgments, but (Bolden) certainly is a capable man and has the qualifications. We’ll have to see what the Senate thinks and move from there,” Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, said shortly after a building dedication at Marshall Space Flight Center.”
Shelby holding up NASA stimulus funding, Space Politics
“Space News reports in its print edition this week that Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is holding up the release of “most if not all” of the $1 billion allocated to NASA in the stimulus bill approved earlier this year. The problem is that NASA is planning to spend $150 million of the $400 million appropriated to exploration for ISS commercial resupply activity, including early work to support commercial crew missions to the station.”