Anyone who knows the Senate knows that the final margin masks how difficult passage was. There were concerted efforts to derail the bill by those with different ideas about policy and about spending. Yet this success with competitiveness suggests three lessons for dealing with other issues that are simply too big to be solved by one party alone. such as immigration. to which the majority leader has indicated we will turn in May. such as health insurance. such as energy independence. such as terrorism. and such as Iraq. These are the three lessons as I see them: First. most ideas in the Senate fail for lack of the idea. The first step in our success was when Senator JEFF BINGAMAN and I asked the National Academy of Sciences the following question more than 2 years ago: What are the top 10 actions. in priority order. that Federal policymakers can take to enhance the science and technology enterprise so that the United States can successfully compete. prosper and be secure in the global community of the 21st century?
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