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...That figure was already raised by $260 in the 2007 budget and by $490 in the College Costs Reduction and Access Act passed earlier this year, meaning that if the bill passes the maximum Pell Grant would have risen almost 25 percent since the 110th Congress took office in January...
...ratings hovered around 18% in a mid-August Gallup poll, making even Bush's dismal numbers seem positively sparkling. But does Congress deserve such low marks? Democrats and Republicans will spend the fall tangling over Iraq, the farm bill, energy policy and other contested issues. As members of the 110th Congress head back to work after summer vacation, we take a hard look at their record thus...
...Muslim—a fact worth repeating for accuracy, not defense—but it is clear that any tenuous association is enough these days. Earlier this month, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, was sworn in as a member of the 110th on a copy of the Qur’an that belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson (Why do you think the $2 bill was phased out?). Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode criticized Ellison’s oath as a threat to traditional American values and warned that more Muslims could (God forbid...
...things to which politicians pay more lip service than higher education, but as with most issues, when it actually comes down to choosing a course of action, consensus proves hard to reach. After years of lagging federal spending on higher education, it is reassuring to see the 110th Congress put this issue back on high priority. The bill seeks to aid the approximately two-thirds of college students who graduate with debt. Its proponents argue halving the interest rate can help make what would have been a prohibitively heavy debt load manageable for the 5.5 million low- and middle-income...
...wide-ranging forum touched on issues spanning from American energy policy, to the war in Iraq, to the recent national elections—which Dodd warned against calling “a ringing endorsement of Democrats.” Instead, he likened the 110th Congress to a “second audition.” “If this had been some variation on a parliamentary system, I think [the voters] might have voted everyone out,” he said. “We’ve been given an opportunity here, and the people...