Topic: U.S. Republican Party
One day after his arrest at a protest near the steps of the US Congress, Washington DC mayor Vincent Gray on Tuesday decried the capital city's role as a "political pawn" in recent federal budget negotiations."We think we were a bargaining chip ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats abruptly abandoned a fight over spending on Thursday and said they would instead extend government funding on a temporary basis, a move that gives Republicans a greater chance to enact the deep cuts they have promised.The surprise agreement ...
Poll: Students blamed for low college grad rates, complicating efforts to push improvementsThe public pins most of the blame for poor college graduation rates on students and their parents and gives a pass to colleges, government officials and others, a new Associated ...
With divided Congress, tough road ahead for education reformThe Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the last two years, sending $100 billion to states thorough the stimulus package and spurring reform in many locations through the Race to the ...
Over the past several weeks, many pundits have been debating the meaning of the Pew poll that says that 18% of Americans (at least) believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim. A second hypothesis comes from political scientist Brendan Nyhan, who notes ...
The article presents an exploration into the political goals and reforms being pursued in United States educational policy as of January 2008. Rep. George Miller, chairman of the House education committee, got as far as releasing a "conversation piece" proposal for renewal ...
Obama seeks to extend DC voucher program until current participants graduatePresident Barack Obama wants to keep paying for private-school vouchers for students receiving them in the District of Columbia, an administration official said Wednesday.Obama is proposing to spend $12.2 million for the ...
Unpopularity, disengagement bring lame-duck treatment CARSON CITY One of the worst-kept secrets in the early days of the 2009 Nevada Legislature is the near perfect isolation of Gov. Jim Gibbons.The first-term Republicans proposed budget, which includes a nearly 36 percent cut in ...
Dems seek to use stimulus bill to held school kids; Republicans worry about long-term costsDemocrats want to use the big spending package designed to jump-start the staggering economy to send billions to long-term programs to help poor and disabled school children.President Barack ...
In a year when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has an eyebrow raising seven-to-one fund-raising advantage over its Republican counterpart, the Democrats have the luxury of targeting a number of Republican House members who have repeatedly been proverbial thorns in the ...
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