February 4, 2011

Earmark Ban Would Cost Colleges

Colleges and universities around the nation stand to lose billions of dollars for research, facilities, and other purposes if Congressional leaders stick to their pledge to ban earmarks, according to a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.  In fiscal year 2010 spending bills, colleges in Texas, Mississippi, and California received the most Congressionally-directed money for academic projects, according to a nonprofit tax watchdog organization.