This sounds a little more dramatic than the reality. He hasn't accomplished anything at this point. Although a single congressman proposed the amendment, he had to have more broad-based support to get it passed by the Rules committee and the Appropriations committee. Of course, it has a long way to go before it has any impact. It would still have to be approved by any other relevant committees before going to the whole House. It would then have to make it through the conference committee with the Senate and be signed by the President to become law. (This sounds like a high school civics course.) Of course, the process will have run its course by the time the President sees it but it does give one pause: maybe it isn't such a great idea to vote on bills when you have no idea what they contain.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: Christopher D. Green [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:11 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] News: One-Man Peer Review - Inside Higher Ed Coming soon to a research grant near you: a single congressman has managed to strike three peer-reviewed NIH research grants that he didn't happen to like the looks of. Nice (not). http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/28/issa Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
