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Loan Bill Could Give President Obama Twin Win (Politico)
"Key Senate Democrats were resisting calls to insert the proposed overhaul of lending programs into the budget reconciliation bill with health care reform, Politico reports. "[But then] the Senate parliamentarian notified Democratic leaders that, in order to meet the reconciliation requirements, both the Senate health and finance committees would need to produce $1 billion in deficit savings each over the next 10 years ... With health care alone, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would not be able to show the items within its jurisdiction save at least $1 billion. By inserting the education package, the committee would satisfy the reconciliation instructions."
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Budget Plan Will Require University Reports of Stem Cell Use
A state Senate budget plan to trim 3% from Michigan's public universities during the next fiscal year, reducing state funding by $48 million, would require those that conduct embryonic stem cell research to report to the state by Dec. 1 how many human embryo stem cells they’ve received, created, stored and used for research.
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Top Obama Priorities Collide as Student Loan Legislation May Be Attached to Health Care
Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.
Key Senators Balk at Adding Student Loan Overhaul to Health-Care Legislation (Washington Post)
"As they push to finish health-care legislation by the end of the month, Democratic leaders in Congress are weighing whether to add another of President Obama's priorities to the package: a popular proposal to overhaul the federal student loan program," the Washington Post reports. "But key senators are objecting to the move, arguing that political resistance in the Senate and the rapidly rising cost of the education measure could jeopardize efforts to push health-care reform to final passage."
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Dems Discuss Pairing Health with Loan Reform (Politico)
"House and Senate Democratic leaders spent a significant portion of their meeting Tuesday with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussing the possibility of pairing an overhaul of student lending with health care in the reconciliation bill, according to congressional aides," Politico reports. "No consensus was reached, the aides said. Congress authorized the fast-track rules for both health care and student loan reform, but can pass only one reconciliation measure. That has forced Democrats to either choose between the two items, or try to put them together -- a move that could complicate the vote count in the Senate."
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Dems Discuss Pairing Health with Loan Reform (Politico)
"House and Senate Democratic leaders spent a significant portion of their meeting Tuesday with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussing the possibility of pairing an overhaul of student lending with health care in the reconciliation bill, according to congressional aides," Politico reports. "No consensus was reached, the aides said. Congress authorized the fast-track rules for both health care and student loan reform, but can pass only one reconciliation measure. That has forced Democrats to either choose between the two items, or try to put them together -- a move that could complicate the vote count in the Senate."
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Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says
A Senate panel learned that more students in more countries graduate from high school and college and score higher on achievement tests than students in the United States.
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Tracking the Jobs Bills
On Dec. 16, the House of Representatives passed the Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847) that would -- among many other things - make an additional $300 million allocation to the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program. Instead of taking up the House-passed bill, Democratic leaders in the Senate began moving multiple, more narrowly focused jobs bills that they thought would garner bipartisan support. In the past several weeks there has been movement on several bills focused on job creation, none of which to date contain the FWS increase that was passed in the House. The Senate still plans additional jobs bills, though there is no word on when there will be action on education jobs.
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Duncan Praises Taggart, FSA Team; Miller Says SAFRA Vote Would Change Washington
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan testified before the House Education and Labor Committee yesterday to discuss President Obama's education agenda. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA) was a hot topic during the hearing, and as expected, Duncan fielded questions about the proposed transition to 100 percent Direct Loans. He assured lawmakers that the switch could be made seamlessly, praising the "impeccable" execution of the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid team so far and noting that Direct Lending volume has already doubled. Committee Chair George Miller said he hoped the Senate would act on SAFRA soon, saying its passage bill would show "we're serious about changing Washington."
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House Reconciliation Bill to Include Student Loan Reform