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Coburn Amendment 2369 - Prohibits recipients of federal education funds from using taxpayers’ dollars and students’ tuition to lobby the federal government.  This amendment would simply ensure that taxpayers’ funds and students’ tuition are not misspent by institutions of higher education to hire Washington, D.C. lobbyists.

Click here to read a study the Congressional Research Service prepared for Dr. Coburn concerning earmarks, Pell grants, tuition and fees, and spending on lobbying.