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...seems domestic basic research is [a priority] and for that were pleasantly surprised,” Casey says after arriving in Washington Monday night to seek lawmakers?? support for Obama’s budget proposal. “We look forward to defending that on the Hill...
...legislation follows nearly a year of threats from some lawmakers??notably Republican Senator Charles E. Grassley—to mandate a minimum level of endowment spending, which they say would increase college affordability. The five-percent proposal would extend to colleges and universities the level of endowment spending required of other tax-exempt charities and foundations...
...energy, words, financial resources, and even political votes that served the interest of “our country’s children.” That time has passed. Unfortunately, America’s youth is among the least organized of the special interests competing for the attention of lawmakers??perhaps, shockingly, even less organized then animal rights groups. We have no lobby, and we are getting robbed because of it. We are voiceless and have been damned to irrelevance. On Monday, President Bush signed into law a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week raising...
...program, which has faced criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, takes center stage today as Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, a Harvard Law School (HLS) alum, testifies before the Judiciary Committee in an attempt to mollify lawmakers?? criticisms...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retain its present level of access to patron records at libraries—including Harvard’s—until March 10, after Congress voted to temporarily renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act Thursday. This second short-term renewal signals lawmakers?? reluctance to reauthorize the legislation over the long-term without changing the extent of the government’s access to library records. Harvard officials have argued that the FBI’s ability to demand patron information could have a chilling effect on academic freedom. “There...