Fourteen Pennsylvania congressmen including U.S. Rep. Chris Carney, D-Dimock Township, sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education to deny Gov. Ed Rendell’s decision to bar the four state-related universities from receiving federal economic stimulus money.
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The four institutions are Temple, Lincoln and Penn State universities and the University of Pittsburgh. In a preliminary application, the four had been slated to receive almost $42 million combined in stimulus aid, but Rendell removed them from the formal application filed June 26.
Rendell spokesman Barry Ciccocioppo said there was no payback by the governor because he felt those four schools haven’t allowed the state more oversight.
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