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Feb 7, 2008 12:37 am US/Pacific

Congress Targets Berkeley Over Marines Resolution

BERKELEY (CBS 5 / KCBS) ― A move to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds is going forward in Congress in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marines they weren't welcome in town.

Six Republican senators and an Orange County representative are introducing companion bills called the Semper Fi Act of 2008.

"Patriotic American taxpayers won't sit quietly while Berkeley insults our brave Marines…" said Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, one of the bill's sponsors.

The bills would take away $2 million in federal funding from UC Berkeley and a local foundation that provides lunches to the Berkeley Unified School District.

The controversy began last week after the Berkeley City Council passed an item condemning the Marines' downtown recruiting center.

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