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The inquiry concerns federal research funding and congressional oversight of how appropriated money is spent. The article does not specify the amount or identify research programs affected.
POLITICS & POLICY • UNITED STATES
House Democrat questions NSF spending of appropriated research funds
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren, the top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, is examining reports that the National Science Foundation did not spend a large amount of appropriated funding. In a letter, she accused the foundation of violating Congress’s power of the purse, according to The Hill.
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