Washington after Mars funding again?
NASA Mars Program Threatened by Senate Funding Bill
http://planetary.org/news/2007/0703_NASA_Mars_Program_Threatened_by_Senate.html
A NASA budget proposal for fiscal year 2008 currently making its way through the U.S. Senate includes a dramatic cut of $30 million in funding for planetary science missions. It appears that the entire sum will be taken out of the Mars exploration budget, including $20 million from funds supporting the Mars Exploration Rovers. This could force NASA to shut down the Mars rovers at the end of the current fiscal year!