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From: The Washington Times | October 14, 2009
The nation’s political scientists are on the warpath, angry at efforts to cut off their federal funding and at taunts that they are getting taxpayer dollars to do what television talking heads do already. The professors of “poli sci” are fighting to save a taxpayer revenue stream amounting to $112 million in federal grants and other programs over the past decade to study topics ranging from how politicians benefit from being vague and how world leaders react to crises. Theyre letting fly on budget hawk Sen. Tom Coburns bid to eliminate the funds with the full force of academia: They …
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