Rep. Mo Brooks (R., Ala.) called on two of his state's universities to shut down their campus Confucius Institutes in a letter Thursday. 
House Democrats are blocking a bill that will curtail the influence of the Chinese-government-funded Confucius Institute, stymying bipartisan legislation that unanimously passed in the Senate.
College Board, the academic giant that administers the SAT, served as a "key partner" for the Chinese government for more than two decades, helping them establish controversial Confucius Institute programs across the U.S. K-12 system, according to a new report. 
Dozens of universities, including Columbia and Stanford, are hosting the Chinese government-funded Confucius Institute despite increasing scrutiny from the federal government.
Dozens of top American universities that received funding from the Chinese government failed to disclose those donations to the Department of Education, prompting concerns from education watchdogs about Beijing's growing influence on campuses. 