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...Evangelicals - Obama's July 2007 pledge to Planned Parenthood that "the first thing I'd do, as President, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act" - a bill that could wipe out many of the inroads conservatives have made into strict interpretation of Roe v. Wade. "I think [the FCA] is a horrible idea," Hunter says. "But it's just a bill in committee," and it would take time to reach the presidential desk. "Circumstances and constituencies evolve, so I'm not sure that a promise he made to a particular constituency some time ago will even be relevant...
...government is also seeking damages under the False Claims Act (FCA), which could require penalties of triple the original grant...
...October hearing on the motions for summary judgment, U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock indicated that he was more inclined to believe Harvard had broken the contract than that it had intentionally falsified its funding requests—the basis of the FCA claim...
...government argued that if it won liability under the FCA, it would be automatically entitled to triple restitution, avoiding the necessity for a discovery period on damages. Woodlock allowed the two sides to prepare briefs on the damage question while he studied the liability question...
...FCA violation carries a penalty of triple damages. Bloom is asking the court to force Harvard to repay three times the $34 million of which it says it was defrauded...