Complex sentence: During the late 2000s recessions, social science was disproportionately targeted for funding cuts compared to mathematics and natural science, and proposals were made for the United States' National Science Foundation to cease funding disciplines such as political science altogether.
Split into simpler sentences: During the late 2000s recessions, social science was disproportionately targeted for funding cuts compared to mathematics and natural science. Proposals were made for the United States' National Science Foundation to cease funding disciplines such as political science altogether.