据美刊报道，以美国化学会、美国物理学会、美国天文学会以及美国数学会为首的美国15个科学、工程和数学学会最近联合签名抗议美国的科学预算连续五年——包括克林顿刚刚提出的1998年科学预算——下降，并宣布将集会于华盛顿进行抗议。他们指责克林顿政府多年来不重视研究工作 According to the U.S. Journal, 15 U.S. science, engineering and mathematics societies headed by the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society and the American Mathematical Society recently jointly signed a protest against the U.S. scientific budget for five consecutive years - including the one just proposed by Clinton The 1998 scientific budget - declined, and announced that it would meet in Washington to protest. They accuse the Clinton administration of not paying attention to research for many years