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The projects are included in spending bills that are awaiting final congressional approval.
Subject: 140 Foundations and Others Urge Grant Makers to Use Shareholder Power to Advance Racial Equity Advocacy By Dan Parks Grant makers are urging investment managers to vote for corporate board members and proposals that will put pressure on companies to do more to aid people of color. Gifts Roundup By Maria Di Mento Plus, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum received $5 million from the children of Holocaust survivors, and four other nonprofits land big gifts. Opinion ...
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Mitch Kokai. Joni Ernst and Tom Schatz write for National Review Online about the disturbing return of congressional earmarks. Congress isn't even waiting to lift the decade-long moratorium on earmarking before starting to pig out. Look no further than the $1.9 trillion bill being touted by Democrats as the latest response to the COVID pandemic — a proposal that's being fast-tracked through both chambers. Tucked within its nearly 600 pages are a number of pet projects — als...
Feb. 17—Current talk about restoring the practice of Congressional earmarks shows once again that politics makes strange bedfellows. In a democracy, it was always meant to. Here is The Day, champion of transparency in government, responsible spending and accountability of elected officials, agreeing with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who represents Connecticut's Third Congressional District and now ...