January 16, 2009
Congress Says It Will Slash Earmarks — Again
There will be 50 percent fewer earmarks in the spending bills for the 2010 fiscal year than there were in the bills for 2006, the chairmen of the Appropriations Committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives announced last week.
The announcement came two years after Congressional Democrats imposed a one-year moratorium on earmarks and increased the transparency surrounding the noncompetitively awarded grants, many of which are directed to academic institutions by members of
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