February 16, 2007
Bush Would Shift Funds in Agriculture
President Bush's budget for the main Agriculture Department division that supports university research would drop to $1.04-billion, 13.5 percent less than in 2006.
Most of that drop represents Mr. Bush's suggestion to delete all earmarks for the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, for a savings of $195-million.
The president also wants to redistribute research dollars within the Hatch Act program, which gives money to land-grant colleges for their
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