Hey would you look at that.."It was defunded at the end of 1995, following the 1994 mid-term elections which led to Republican control of the Senate and the House. House Republican legislators characterized the OTA as wasteful and hostile to GOP interests."
IIRC that was spearheaded by Newt Gingrich, the OG way too fucking old congressman
he was a lot more than just too old. evil genius, really. piece of shit but he spearheded so much of what seems normal now
They used to have an office dedicated to this stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment
Hey would you look at that.."It was defunded at the end of 1995, following the 1994 mid-term elections which led to Republican control of the Senate and the House. House Republican legislators characterized the OTA as wasteful and hostile to GOP interests."
IIRC that was spearheaded by Newt Gingrich, the OG way too fucking old congressman
he was a lot more than just too old. evil genius, really. piece of shit but he spearheded so much of what seems normal now