September 22, 2006

U.S. Senator Criticizes Colleges That Ignore His Request for Details on Pork

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Thirty-nine colleges have failed to provide details about their Congressional earmarks and lobbying efforts to a U.S. senator who requested that information from more than 100 institutions last month. Sixty institutions have complied with the request, and 10 have sought more time to respond to the senator, who has criticized the set-asides as "pork politics."

The senator, Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, "won't rest until he gets responses" from the 39, his spokesman, John G. Hart,

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