House Panel Overrides University Concerns in Passing Bill to Track Spending

By Paul Basken

Washington

Republicans support it, Democrats support it. Libertarians and good-government watchdogs support it. In fact, when a House committee approved legislation on Wednesday to greatly improve the tracking of federal spending, the critics appeared limited to just one group: universities.

The bill (HR 2146), approved unanimously by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, would create a