March 2, 2009

Spending Bill Contains Millions in Earmarks for Job Training

By Megan Eckstein

Washington

Despite a promise by Democrats to cut back on the practice, colleges and universities are set to receive millions of dollars in earmarks under the appropriations bill for the current fiscal year that the U.S. House of Representatives passed last week.

The Senate still has to take up the measure—which would finance most domestic programs, including student aid and research, through September—before it would head to President Obama's desk (

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