February 10, 2006
Plans to Rein In Earmarks Are Unlikely to Shut Lid on Academic Pork Barrel
After years of providing a skyrocketing number of earmarks to colleges and other entities, members of Congress are mulling over a menu of changes meant to rein in the practice, or at least to bring more accountability to how the noncompetitive, directed grants are awarded.
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives were expected to unveil new proposals on lobbying and earmarking at a private meeting of their caucus as soon as last week. But the leaders postponed action, as some
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