The headline means that Congress will deny the White House’s -22% request by conceding a -4%. All while the Trump administration follows the letter to skirt the spirit by changing funding from $472,000–a-year to $830,000–for-four-years, and that’s unadjusted for inflation—funding less science while spending more money.

At least Congress is trying to exercize its power of the purse, instead of just some Democrats and Independents.